Provides an expansion of the first four volumes, containing both specially written essays and a related compilation of primary sources, drawn from the writings of the day. The text explores the wider context of religion in Victorian Britain, both in relation to the development of the Empire and its consequences. The introduction sets the scene and also provides an overview of scholarship on Victorian religion in the years since the first four volumes were published in 1988. Subsequent essays examine the relationship between religion and gender, trace the development of hymns and church music, and survey the history of Christian overseas missions in the Victorian era. the book then continues with two bographical studies, of Bishop John William Colenso and Professor Friedrich Max Muller, wich serve to illustrate wider themes. The final chapter constitutes a study of the presence of Islam in Victorian Britain.
Religion in Victorian Britain Volume V
Religion in Victorian Britain Volume V
Summary
Explores the wider context of religion in Victorian Britain, both in its social and cultural environment at home, and in relation to the development of the Empire and its consequences.
Religion in Victorian Britain Volume V Summary
Table of Contents
Introduction - religion in Victorian Britain in context, John Wolffe; male and female he created them - men, women and the question of gender, Frances Knight; march we forth in the strength of God - hymns and church music, John Wolffe; gospel and empire - Victorian missions and missionaries, Teence Thomas; rethinking the missionary position - Bishop Colenso of Natal, Gerald Parsons; bringing India to Oxford - Max Muller and Monier-Monier-Williams, Gwilym Beckerlegge and Terence Thomas; the presence of other religions in Britian, Gwilym Beckerlegge.
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Manchester University Press
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