Title: T & T Clark companion to nonconformity /
Publisher: T & T Clark,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Dissenters, Religious England.; Free churches England.
Abstract: Protestant Nonconformity, the umbrella term for Congregationalists, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists and Unitarians, belongs specifically to the religious history of England and Wales. Initially the result of both unwillingness to submit to the State's interference in Christian life and a dissatisfaction with the progress of reform in the English Church, Nonconformity has been primarily motivated by theological concern, ecclesial polity, devotion and the nurture of godliness among the members of the church. Alongside such churchly interests, Nonconformity has also made a profound contribution to debates about the role of the State, to family life and education, culture in general, trade and industry, the development of philanthropy and charity, and the development of pacifism. In this volume, for the first time, Nonconformity and the breadth of its activity come under the expert scrutiny of a host of recognised scholars. The result is a detailed and fascinating account of a movement in church history that, while currently in decline, has made an indelible mark on social, political, economic and religious life of the two nations.
Contents: The changing shape of nonconformity, 1662-2000 / John H.Y. Briggs -- Nonconformity in Wales / D. Densil Morgan -- Church and state, 1550-1750 : the emergence of dissent / John Coffey -- Nonconformity and the state, ca 1750-2012 / Keith Robbins -- Nonconformists and polity / David M. Thompson -- Nonconformists and the Bible, ca 1559-1804 / John Gwynfor Jones -- Nonconformists and biblical scholarship : the nineteenth and twentieth centuries / John Tudno Williams -- Nonconformists and the person of Christ / Alan P.F. Sell -- Nonconformists and the work of Christ : a study in particular Baptist thought / Peter J. Morden -- Nonconformists and the Holy Spirit : a dogmatic overview / Robert Pope -- Nonconformist hymnody / Ian Bradley -- Nonconformist preaching and liturgy / Stephen R. Holmes -- Nonconformist architecture : a representative focus / Clyde Binfield -- Nonconformists, the home and family life / Karen E. Smith -- Nonconformists and education / Stephen Orchard -- Nonconformity and culture / Timothy Whelan -- Nonconformists and home mission / David Ceri Jones -- Nonconformists and overseas mission / Ian M. Randall -- Nonconformist business leaders, ca 1880-1940 : the uses and abuses of wealth / David J. Jeremy -- Nonconformist conscience / Robert Pope -- Nonconformity and the labour movement / Peter Catterall -- Nonconformists and ecumenical relationships / Noel A. Davies -- Sources for Protestant nonconformity in England and Wales since 1662 : a structured bibliography / Clive D. Field.