The British (eBook, ePUB)

Their Religious Beliefs and Practices 1800-1986
Redaktion: Thomas, Terence

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A source book for the study of religions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenging the view that Britain is and has been a predominantly single religion country. This pluralism is shown to apply within Christianity as well as outside.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134981786
• Artikelnr.: 38265846

Autorenporträt

After training for the minstry of the Church in Wales, Terence Thomas was ordained in 1958, and from 1962 to 1971 he was a missionary in India. Since 1971 he has worked for the Open University, where he is now Staff Tutor in Religious Studies (Senior Lecturer) at the Welsh Regional Centre in Cardiff.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Contributors
Introduction
Part I - The Nineteenth Century
1. 'Official Religion'
2. The Intellectual Challenge to 'Official Religion'
3. East Comes West
Part II - The Twentieth Century
4. The Christian Religion
5. Other Major Religious Traditions
6. New Religious Movements
Part III - Other Perspectives
7. 'Popular Religion' 1800-1986
8. How Religious are the British?
Index