The Church of England and British Politics since 1900

Bringing together researchers in modern British religious, political, intellectual and social history, this volume considers the persistence of the Church's public significance, despite its falling membership.

List of contents

Preface
Introduction: The Church of England, the British state and British politics during the twentieth century - Matthew Grimley
Introduction: The Church of England, the British state and British politics during the twentieth century - Philip A Williamson
The Politics of Church defense: Archbishop Davidson, the national church, and the 'national interest', c. 1900-1920 - Tom Rodger
Archbishops and the monarchy: leadership in British religion, 1900-2012 - Philip A Williamson
Ecclesiastical conservatism: Hensley Henson and Lord Hugh Cecil on Church, state and nation, c. 1900-1940 - Julia Stapleton
Hensley Henson, the Prayer Book controversy and the conservative case for disestablishment - S J D Green
Assembling an Anglican view of self-governing sexual citizenship, 1918-45 - Laura Ramsay
Politics in the parish: Joseph Needham at Thaxted, c. 1925-85 - Arthur Burns
Anglicans, reconstruction and democracy: the Cripps circle, 1939-52 - Matthew Grimley
Parliament and the law of the Church of England, 1945-74 - Peter Webster
The Church of England and religious education during the twentieth century - Stephen G. Parker and Rob Freathy
Spiritual authority in a 'secular age': the Lords Spiritual, c. 1950-80 - Tom Rodger
'A sort of official duty to reconcile': Archbishop Fisher, the Church of England and the politics of British decolonisation in East and Central Africa - Sarah Stockwell
A 'baffling task': Archbishop Fisher and the Suez Crisis - Andrew Connell
John Collins, Martin Luther King, Jr., and transnational networks of protest and resistance in the Church of England during the 1960s - Hannah Elias
The Church of England, minority religions and the making of communal pluralism - Daniel Loss

About the author

Tom Rodger, Philip Williamson, Matthew Grimley

Summary

Bringing together researchers in modern British religious, political, intellectual and social history, this volume considers the persistence of the Church's public significance, despite its falling membership.

Product details

• Authors: Arthur Burns, Andrew Connell, Matthew Grimley, Thomas Rodger, Tom Rodger, Philip Williamson
• Assisted by: Matthew Grimley (Editor), Matthew (Contributor) Grimley (Editor), Thomas Rodger (Editor), Tom Rodger (Editor), Tom (Author) Rodger (Editor), Philip Williamson (Editor), Philip A Williamson (Editor), Philip A. Williamson (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9781783274680
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-468-0
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 241 mm x 28 mm
• Weight: 750 g
• Series: Studies in Modern British Reli; Studies in Modern British Religious History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, History - General History