The British : their religious beliefs and practices, 1800-1986 / / edited by Terence Thomas

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452183903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2007; ©1988
• ISBN: 1-134-98179-1; 0-203-03599-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (435 p.)
• Collana: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices
• Disciplina: 291.0941; 291/.0941
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Great Britain Religion
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: The Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices; Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; FURTHER READING; PART 1 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; CHAPTER ONE 'Official Religion'; NOTES; CHAPTER TWO The Intellectual Challenge to 'Official Religion'; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER THREE East Comes West; NOTES; PART 2 THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; CHAPTER FOUR The Christian Religion; THE TWO DECLENSIONS; THE INSTITUTIONAL CHURCHES; THE ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT; CHRISTIAN PUBLIC WITNESS; THEOLOGY; WORSHIP; WOMEN; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER FIVE Other Major Religious Traditions; THE RELIGIONS: TRANSPLANTATION AND GROWTH(i) The Jewish community and Judaism in Britain; (ii) The Muslim community and Islam in Britain18; (iii) The Hindu community and Hinduism in Britain28; (iv) The Sikh community and Sikhism in Britain35; (v) The Buddhist community and Buddhism in Britain43; (vi) The Jain community and Jainism in Britain50; (vii) The Parsi community and Zoroastrianism in Britain59; RELIGION, ETHNICITY AND CHANGE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER SIX New Religious Movements; NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS: HISTORY AND CONTENT; (i) The Baha'i faith18; (ii) The Unification ; Church22; (iii) The Hare Krishna Movement26(iv) Scientology28; (v) The Rajneesh Movement31; CLASSIFYING NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS; NEW RELIGIONS AND CHANGE; NOTES; PART 3 OTHER PERSPECTIVES; CHAPTER SEVEN 'Popular Religion' 1800-1986; NOTES; CHAPTER EIGHT How Religious Are The British?; DEFINING RELIGION AND RELIGIOSITY; (i) Statistics on religion in the United Kingdom; (ii) Survey data on beliefs and values; (iii) Meaning-systems, moral communities, and civil religion; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A source book for the study of religions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenging the view that Britain is and has been a predominantly single religion country. This pluralism is shown to apply within Christianity as well as outside.