Dissent and the Bible in Britain, C.1650-1950

This book considers the use of the Bible by dissenters in Britain from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. It reconsiders the divided history of Protestantism--dissenters were people drawn together by the belief that they were truer to the Bible than any other Christians, yet still divided by differences in how they read it.

Sommario

• Introduction


• 1: Scott Mandelbrote: A Family Bible? The Henrys and Dissenting Readings of the Bible, 1650-1750


• 2: Phyllis Mack and David Wilson: Mary Fletcher's Bible


• 3: Simon Mills: Scripture and Heresy in the Biblical Studies of Nathaniel Lardner, Joseph Priestley, and Thomas Belsham


• 4: Eryn White: Welsh Dissent and the Bible c.1750-1850


• 5: Ian J. Shaw: The Only Certain Rule of Faith and Practice: The Interpretation of Scripture amongst English High Calvinists, c.1780s-1850


• 6: Timothy Larsen: The Bible and Varieties of Nineteenth-Century Dissent: Elizabeth Fry, Mary Carpenter, and Catherine Booth


• 7: Andrew Holmes: The Common Sense Bible: Irish Presbyterians, Samuel Davidson, and Biblical Criticism, c.1800 to 1865


• 8: Michael Ledger-Lomas: Conder and Sons: Dissent and the Oriental Bible in Nineteenth-century Britain


• 9: Colin Kidd and Valerie Wallace: Biblical Criticism and Scots Presbyterian Dissent in the Age of Robertson Smith


• 10: S.J.D. Green: A People Beyond the Book? Seebohm Rowntree, the Decline of Popular Biblicism and the Fate of Protestant England, c.1900-1950


• Bibliography

Riassunto

This book considers the use of the Bible by dissenters in Britain from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. It reconsiders the divided history of Protestantism--dissenters were people drawn together by the belief that they were truer to the Bible than any other Christians, yet still divided by differences in how they read it.

Testo aggiuntivo

This book offers a collection of through, serious essays on subjects close to the heart of this reviewer. They are often fascinating, never less than stimulating and informative, and at times challenging and provocative.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Ledger-Lomas, Scott Mandelbrote, Scott (Fellow of Peterhouse Mandelbrote
• Con la collaborazione di: Michael Ledger-Lomas (Editore), Ledger-Lomas Michael (Editore), Scott Mandelbrote (Editore), Mandelbrote Scott (Editore)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.12.2013
• EAN: 9780199608416
• ISBN: 978-0-19-960841-6
• Pagine: 336
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, History of Religion, British & Irish history, Church history, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches