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Christian ideals in British culture : stories of belief in the twentieth century

Title
  1. Christian ideals in British culture : stories of belief in the twentieth century / David Nash.
Published by
  1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
  2. ©2013
Author
  1. Nash, David (David S.)

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Description
  1. ix, 257 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. This text offers a challenge to conventional histories of secularisation by focusing upon the importance of central religious narratives. These narratives are changed significantly over time, but also to have been invested with importance and meaning by religious individuals and organisations as well as by secular ones.
Subject
  1. Christianity > Great Britain > 20th century
  2. Great Britain > Religion > 20th century > History
Contents
  1. Restoring the balance - religious stories and the secular world -- Pilgrims, seekers, samaritans and saviours -- Saved and transfigured selves - salvation, old and new -- 'Marching as to war' - soldiers and warriors: 'just' and 'unjust' wars -- 'At the going down of the sun' - collective loss and collective remembrance -- 'Our way to eternal joy is to suffer here with Christ' - sickness, pain and dying -- Moments and reactions - religious and secular episodes -- 'And men were saved in a way they are not now' - Anglican decline stories and the myth of the religious golden age.
Call number
  1. JFD 13-4879
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-250) and index.
Author
  1. Nash, David (David S.)
Title
  1. Christian ideals in British culture : stories of belief in the twentieth century / David Nash.
Publisher
  1. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Copyright date
  1. ©2013
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-250) and index.
LCCN
  1. 2013431558
ISBN
  1. 0230572650
  2. 9780230572652
Research call number
  1. JFD 13-4879
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