British - Their Religious Beliefs and Practices 1800-1986

Zusatztext 'The book provides many clues and much material...should be widely read by those interested in the search for explanations (of the current situation) - Theology Informationen zum Autor After training for the minstry of the Church in Wales, Terence Thomas was ordained in 1958, and from 1962 to 1971 he was a missionary in India. Since 1971 he has worked for the Open University, where he is now Staff Tutor in Religious Studies (Senior Lecturer) at the Welsh Regional Centre in Cardiff. Klappentext First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung A source book for the study of religions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenging the view that Britain is and has been a predominantly single religion country. This pluralism is shown to apply within Christianity as well as outside. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors, Introduction, Part I - The Nineteenth Century, 1. 'Official Religion', 2. The Intellectual Challenge to 'Official Religion', 3. East Comes West, Part II - The Twentieth Century, 4. The Christian Religion, 5. Other Major Religious Traditions, 6. New Religious Movements, Part III - Other Perspectives, 7. 'Popular Religion' 1800-1986, 8. How Religious are the British?, Index

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Terence, Terence Thomas
• Assisted by: Terence Thomas (Editor), Thomas Terence (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.09.1988
• EAN: 9780415013000
• ISBN: 978-0-415-01300-0
• No. of pages: 249
• Series: Library of Religious Beliefs a; The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices; Library of Religious Beliefs a
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, Anthropology, Society & culture: general, Religion: general, Christianity, Society and culture: general