Religion and Political Culture in Britain and Ireland: From the Glorious Revolution to the Decline of Empire / Edition 1

by David Hempton

Overview

This book deals with religious cultures in all parts of the British Isles in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is an exercise in comparative history, and also shows that religion was linked with other frameworks within which people found meaning and identity, including politics, national aspiration and cultural expression. Hempton's main purpose is to show that religion, in its various denominational forms, helped to unite Britain and operated as a convenient vehicle for the expression of national and regional distinctiveness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521479257
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/26/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.55(d)

Table of Contents

1. The Church of England: a great English consensus?; 2. The Methodist revolution?; 3. Evangelical enthusiasm and national identity in Scotland and Wales; 4. The making of the Irish Catholic nation; 5. Ulster Protestantism: the religious foundations of rebellious loyalism; 6. Religious and political culture in urban Britain; 7. Religion and identity in the British Isles: integration and separation; 8. Conclusions.

Editorial Reviews

"Religion and Political Culture provides a perceptive overview, demonstarting the fundamental importance of local/regional factors and community utility over organizational programs and denominational claims in shaping political culture." Frederick V. Mills, Eighteenth Century Scotland

"...offer a remarkable synthesis of his subject matter." R. Barry Levis, Studies in Christianity and Culture

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