Christian Ideals in British Culture [electronic resource] : Stories of Belief in the Twentieth Century /
Nash, D.author.
This book 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.
Description based upon print version of record.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Restoring the Balance â€? Religious Stories and the Secular World""; ""2 Pilgrims, Seekers, Samaritans and Saviours""; ""3 Saved and Transfigured Selves â€? Salvation, Old and New""; ""4 'Marching as to War' â€? Soldiers and Warriors: 'Just' and 'Unjust' Wars""; ""5 'At the Going Down of the Sun' â€? Collective Loss and Collective Remembrance""; ""6 'Our Way to Eternal Joy is to Suffer Here with Christ' â€? Sickness, Pain and Dying""; ""7 Moments and Reactions â€? Religious and Secular Episodes""
""8 'And men were saved in a way they are not now' â€? Anglican Decline Stories and the Myth of the Religious Golden Age""""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Select Bibliography""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This book 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.
Great Britain-History.
Philosophy.
Europe-History.
Religion-History.
Civilization-History.
Social history.
History of Britain and Ireland.
History of Philosophy.
European History.
History of Religion.
Cultural History.
Social History.