Title: Citizenship, community, and the Church of England : liberal Anglican theories of the state between the wars /
Authors: Grimley, Matthew.
Publisher: Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Church and state Church of England History; Church and state Great Britain History; Religion and politics Great Britain History; Citizenship; Citizenship Religious aspects Church of England; Church and state Great Britain History.
Abstract: Tracing the influence of Anglican writers on political theories of the time, the author argues that the influence of the Church helped shape opinion on topics such as the General Strike of 1926, the Abdication crisis in 1936 and the rise of Hitler and nationalism.
Contents: Introduction : Church and nation after 1918 -- Liberal Anglican theories of the state -- Groups versus community : the pluralists -- Class versus community : the general strike -- Church versus state : the Prayer Book crisis -- Church, king and country : the 1930s -- The Second World War and after -- Conslusion : Cultural defence and civil religion