Labour and the Free Churches, 1918-1939 : radicalism, righteousness and religion /

"Did the Labour Party, in Morgan Phillips' famous phrase, owe 'more to Methodism than Marx'? Were the founding fathers of the party nurtured in the chapels of Nonconformity and shaped by their emphases on liberty, conscience and the value of every human being in the eyes of God?...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Catterall, Peter, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Subjects:
Labour Party (Great Britain) > History > 20th century.
Labour Party (Great Britain)
1900-1999
Free churches > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Christianity and politics > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Church and state > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Radicalism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Socialism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Free Churches > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Christianisme et politique > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Église et État > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Radicalisme > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
1900 - 1999.
History of religion.
British & Irish history.
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
RELIGION > History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Political Advocacy.
Christianity and politics.
Church and state.
Free churches.
Politics and government.
Radicalism.
Religion.
Socialism.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1910-1936.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1936-1945.
Great Britain > Religion > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1910-1936.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1936-1945.
Grande-Bretagne > Religion > 20e siècle.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Theological and Political Changes amongst the Free Church Leadership
  • The Nonconformist Conscience
  • Changes in Chapel Society
  • The Politics of Pewmanship
  • Free Churchmen and Women in the Labour Party
  • The Nonconformist Conscience and the Labour Party
  • The Free Churches and Class Consciousness
  • The Kingdom, the State and Socialism
  • Conclusions
  • Appendices on Nonconformist Candidatures in General Elections, 1918-35.

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