Constructing Nineteenth-Century Religion

Constructing Nineteenth-Century Religion
Author: Joshua King
Publisher:
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2022-04-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780814255292

Examines the ways in which religion was constructed as a category and region of experience in nineteenth-century literature and culture.

When Church Became Theatre

When Church Became Theatre
Author: Jeanne Halgren Kilde
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 330
Release: 2005
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780195179729

In the 1880s, socio-economic and technological changes in the United States contributed to the rejection of Christian architectural traditions and the development of the radically new auditorium church. Jeanne Kilde links this shift in evangelical Protestant architecture to changes in worship style and religious mission.

Reinventing Christianity

Reinventing Christianity
Author: Linda Woodhead
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2019-07-16
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1351775928

This title was first published in 2001. 'An age of faith or an age of doubt?'- the question has dominated study of Christianity in the Victorian era. Reinventing Christianity offers a fresh analysis of the vitality and variety of Christianity in Britain and America in the Victorian era. Part One presents an overview of some of the main varieties of Christianity in the west ranging from the conservative - Protestant evangelicalism and 'fortress' Catholicism - to the radical - Theosophy, Swedenborgianism and Transcendentalism; Part Two reviews negotiations between Christianity and the wider culture. The conclusion reflects on general trends in the period, showing how many of these prefigured later developments in religion. This book highlights the creativity and diversity of 19th century Christianity, showing how developments normally associated with the late 20th century - such as the reassertion of tradition and the rise of feminist theology and alternative spirituality - were already in train a century before.

The Church in the Nineteenth Century

The Church in the Nineteenth Century
Author: Frances Knight
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008-04-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0857724215

The nineteenth century was one of the most fascinating and volatile periods in Christian history. It was during this time that Christianity evolved into a truly global religion, which led to an ever greater variety of ways for Christians to express and profess their faith. Frances Knight addresses the crucial question of how Christianity contributed to individual identity in a context of widespread urbanisation and modernisation. She explores important topics such as the Evangelical revival led by the likes of the founder of the Christian Mission - later the Salvation Army - William Booth; the Oxford Movement under Newman, Keble and Pusey; Mormonism and Protestant revivalism in the USA; socialism and the impacts of Karl Marx and anarchism; continuing theological divisions between Protestants and Catholics; and the development of pilgrimage and devotion at places like Lourdes and Knock. Her book also examines the most significant intellectual trends, such as the rise of critical approaches to the Bible, and the different directions that these took in Britain and America. The author's unique emphasis on the 'ordinary' experience of Christians worldwide makes her volume indispensable for students and general readers who will be fascinated by this sensitive twenty-first century perspective on the nineteenth century.

The English Church in the Nineteenth Century (1800-1833) (Classic Reprint)

The English Church in the Nineteenth Century (1800-1833) (Classic Reprint)
Author: John Henry Overton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2015-07-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781331192060

Excerpt from The English Church in the Nineteenth Century (1800-1833) It was impossible to investigate the history of the English Church in the eighteenth century without being carried forward into the nineteenth, especially when one loved, and believed in, the Church's system, and could not fail to see, towards the close of the earlier period, indications of the dawn of a brighter day. Hence, the materials for this volume have been accumulating for more than twenty years. During the whole of that time the subject, though amid many interruptions, has never been wholly absent from the writers mind; and his notes upon it swelled into such a vast mass, that they began to be in danger of becoming unmanageable. Nearly five years have elapsed since he began to put the mass into shape; and the result is at last presented to the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.