Frances Knight

The Church in the Nineteenth Century (eBook, PDF)

The I.B.Tauris History of the Christian Church

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. April 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857724212
• Artikelnr.: 59776270

Autorenporträt

Frances Knight is Senior Lecturer in the Modern History of Christianity at the University of Wales, Lampeter. She is the author of an acclaimed book - The Nineteenth Century Church and English Society (1995, paperback 1999) - and of many scholarly articles and reviews.