Dominic Janes

Victorian Reformation (eBook, PDF)

The Fight Over Idolatry in the Church of England, 1840-1860

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Produktbeschreibung

In early Victorian England there was intense interest in understanding the early Church as an inspiration for contemporary sanctity. This was manifested in a surge in archaeological inquiry and also in the construction of new churches using medieval models. Some Anglicans began to use a much more complicated form of ritual involving vestments, candles, and incense. This "Anglo-Catholic" movement was vehemently opposed by evangelicals and dissenters, who saw this as the vanguard of full-blown "popery." The disputed buildings, objects, and art works were regarded by one side as idolatrous and by the other as sacred and beautiful expressions of devotion. Dominic Janes seeks to understand the fierce passions that were unleashed by the contended practices and artifacts - passions that found expression in litigation, in rowdy demonstrations, and even in physical violence. During this period, Janes observes, the wider culture was preoccupied with the idea of pollution caused by improper sexuality. The Anglo-Catholics had formulated a spiritual ethic that linked goodness and beauty. Their opponents saw this visual worship as dangerously sensual. In effect, this sacred material culture was seen as a sexual fetish. The origins of this understanding, Janes shows, lay in radical circles, often in the context of the production of anti-Catholic pornography which titillated with the contemplation of images of licentious priests, nuns, and monks.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP eBook
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. April 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780199702831
• Artikelnr.: 38130921

Autorenporträt

Dominic Janes is a cultural historian. He has worked at Cambridge, Lancaster, and London universities. He has written God and Gold in Late Antiquity, Romans and Christians, and edited Back to the Future of the Body, and Shopping for Jesus: Faith in Marketing in the USA

Inhaltsangabe

* 1.: Introduction: Victorian Reformation
Idolatry and Fetishism * 2.: Art and Sacrament
Ritualism * 3.: Riots and Trials in London
1840-1860
Bennett
1843-51
Liddell
1851-57 * 4.: Satan Transformed: Comparative Religion
'Primitive' Religion from Rome to Home
Bodies of Christ
The Horror is all Mine * 5.: Gothic Novelties
Facing Corruption
Texts and Profits * 6.: Conclusion: The Convenient Despot * Bibliography: * Index: