Modern Christianity and Cultural Aspirations

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David Bebbington, Timothy Larsen
A&C Black, 2003 M06 1 - 359 páginas
Christianity and cultural aspirations are inevitably in tension: the combination invites a suspicion that temporal pursuits have slackened a quest for divine approbation. Nevertheless, as Christians generally believe that worldly success may be a position of influence worth seeking for noble reasons, it is truly an area of tension, rather than merely temptation. This volume explores this lively juxtaposition in the context of modern Britain and America. In fifteen original essays, a range of well-respected scholars examine the cultural aspirations of a broad spectrum of Christians, including Baptists, Congregationalists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Roman Catholics, and Anglicans, as they were expressed in arenas as diverse as politics, education, arthitecture, and sport.
 

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INTRODUCTION
1
A DISSENTING HISTORIANS FORMATION
9
A CRITICAL APPRECIATION
15
NONCONFORMITY AND SPORT
28
NONCONFORMITY AND THE POTTERY INDUSTRY
47
BUILDING A VICTORIAN CHAPEL
80
HONORARY DOCTORATES AND THE NONCONFORMIST MINISTRY
97
NEWMAN PUGIN AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE ENGLISH ORATORY
98
NONCONFORMISTS AT CAMBRIDGE BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD
176
THE DISSENTING POLITICAL UPSURGE OF 183334
224
ABRAHAM LINCOLN RELIGION AND SELFIMPROVEMENT
266
ENGLISH PRESBYTERIANS AND
288
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL RECOLLECTIONS
309
Bibliography of J C G Binfields Published Writings
345
Index of Authors
354
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David Bebbington is Professor of History at the University of Stirling, Scotland. Timothy Larsen is Carolyn and Fred McManis Chair of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, Illinois, USA.

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