R. J. Helmstadter (ed.)

Religion and Irreligion in Victorian Society

Essays in Honor of R.K. Webb
Herausgeber: Davis, R W; Helmstadter, R J

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume of eleven specially commissioned essays celebrates the work of Robert K. Webb, one of the foremost historians of modern Britain. The contributors address some of the central themes in the history of nineteenth-century religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 161mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780415076258
• ISBN-10: 0415076250
• Artikelnr.: 21527838

Autorenporträt

R. W. Davis (Edited by) , R. J. Helmstadter (Author)

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Chapter 1 The Reverend Andrew Reed (1787-1862): evangelical
pastor as entrepreneur, R. J.Helmstadter; Chapter 2 The Whigs and religious
issues, 1830-5, R. W.Davis; Chapter 3 Popular irreligion in early Victorian
England: infidel preachers and radical theatricality in 1830s London, I.
D.McCalman; Chapter 4 Between Genesis and geology: Darwin and some
contemporaries in the 1820s and 1830s, SandraHerbert; Chapter 5 Cultural
pluralism and the Board of Deputies of British Jews, David C.Itzkowitz;
Chapter 6 The manliness of Christ, PeterGay; Chapter 7 "More sweet and
liquid than any other": Victorian images of Mary Magdalene, Patricia
S.Kruppa; Chapter 8 History and religion: J. R. Seeley and the burden of
the past, Reba N.Soffer; Chapter 9 Christianity and the state in Victorian
India: confrontation and collaboration, Ainslie T.Embree; Chapter 10
Independent English women in Delhi and Lahore, 1860-1947, JeffreyCox;
Chapter 11 Spiritualism and the First World War, J. M.Winter; INDEX;