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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463385303321

Titolo

Free churches and society : the nonconformist contribution to social welfare, 1800-2010 / / edited by Lesley Husselbee and Paul Ballard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

1-4411-7905-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (263 p.)

Disciplina

230.97

Soggetti

Free churches - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Free churches - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Dissenters, Religious - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Dissenters, Religious - Social aspects - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Church and social problems - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

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 and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements and Editorial Notes; Contributors; Introduction; Kirsty Thorpe; 1 The Free Churches and their Nation; Stephen Orchard; 2 Congregations and Community; Robert Pope; 3 Conscience and Politics; David Bebbington; 4 Providers and Protagonists in the Nation's Education; Stephen Orchard; 5 Industry, Philanthropy and Christian Citizenship : Pioneers in Paternalism; Clyde Binfield; 6 Slums and Salvation; Peter Catterall; 7 Campaigners and Co-operative Societies; David M. Thompson; 8 The Welfare State and Beyond: The Reshaping of Community Work; Lesley Husselbee; 9 Living out of History

Paul BallardNotes; Select General Bibliography; Index of People; Index of Places; General Index