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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299793603321

Autore

Peterson Stephen J

Titolo

Gladstone's Influence in America : Reactions in the Press to Modern Religion and Politics / / by Stephen J. Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018

ISBN

9783319979960

3319979965

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (244 pages)

Disciplina

941.0099

Soggetti

United States - History

Great Britain - History

World politics

Religion and politics

Religion - History

US History

History of Britain and Ireland

Political History

Politics and Religion

History of Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

I. Prologue -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Religion, Politics, and Journalism:The Modern Influence in Nineteenth-Century America -- 3. Religion, Politics, and Journalism: Modern Influences in Nineteenth-Century America.-4. The Specter of Popery: Disestablishing the Irish Church -- 5. Atheism and Politics: The Charles Bradlaugh Imbroglio -- III. Gladstone and the Battle for Orthodox Religion -- 6. Science vs. the Bible: Debating T. H. Huxley -- 7. Battling Aggressive Infidelity: Debating Robert Ingersoll -- 8. Defending Orthodoxy: Reviewing Robert Elsmere and Gladstone's Works of Joseph Butler -- IV. Epilogue -- 9. In Memoriam: America Remembers Gladstone -- 10. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

By the end of the nineteenth century, William Gladstone was arguably



the most popular statesman in America since Lincoln. How did a British prime minister achieve such fame in an era of troubled Anglo-American relations? And what do press reactions to Gladstone's policies and published writings reveal about American society? Tracing Gladstone's growing fame in the United States, beginning with his first term as prime minister in 1868 until his death in 1898, this volume focuses on periodicals of the era to illuminate how Americans responded to modern influences in religion and politics. His forays into religious controversy highlight the extent to which faith influenced the American cult of Gladstone. Coverage of Gladstone's involvement in issues such as church disestablishment, papal infallibility, Christian orthodoxy, atheism and agnosticism, faith and science, and liberal theology reveal deepening religious and cultural rifts in American society. Gladstone's Influence in America offers the most comprehensive picture to date of the statesman's reputation in the United States.