The nineteenth-century church and English society /

This is the first study to consider the meaning of Anglicanism for ordinary people in nineteenth-century England. Drawing extensively on unpublished sources, particularly those for rural areas, Frances Knight analyses the beliefs and practices of lay Anglicans and of the clergy who ministered to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Knight, Frances
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Temas:
Church of England > History > 19th century.
Church of England > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Church of England
1800-1899
Anglican Communion > England > History > 19th century.
Church and state > England.
Christianity and culture > History.
Communion anglicane > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Église et État > Angleterre.
Christianisme et civilisation > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christianity > Anglican.
Anglican Communion
Christianity and culture
Church and state
England > Church history > 19th century.
Angleterre > Histoire religieuse > 19e siècle.
England
Religion
Church history
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Interpreting the nineteenth-century church
  • 2. Lay religion
  • The problem of identity: Anglican or Methodist?
  • The construction of Anglican piety: the Bible and the Prayer Book
  • The essence of Anglican belief: salvation and the last things.
  • 3. Church and community
  • Providing churches
  • Parochial responsibility redefined: the poor and the ratepayer
  • Sunday church-going
  • The rites of passage
  • 4. Clerical life
  • Ordination: a trap baited with flowers?
  • Curates: a clerical underclass?
  • Incumbents: winners and losers in the livings lottery?
  • Two clergymen: a glimpse into the interior.
  • 5. Relations remoulded
  • Bishops, patrons and recalcitrant clergy
  • The rise of middle management: archdeacons and rural deans
  • The eclipse of lay authority: churchwardens, parish clerks, sextons and schoolteachers
  • The layman redefined
  • 6. Conclusion.

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