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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827495703321

Autore

Johnson Dale A. <1936->

Titolo

The changing shape of English nonconformity, 1825-1925 / / Dale A. Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-771204-5

1-282-38419-8

9786612384196

0-19-535285-8

0-585-16245-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (259 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

280.40942

280/.4/094209034

Soggetti

Dissenters, Religious - England - History - 19th century

Theology - Study and teaching - England - History - 19th century

Dissenters, Religious - England - History - 20th century

Theology - Study and teaching - England - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1998.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-241) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; PART I: ""Factories of Preachers and Pastors"": The Nonconformist Engagement with Theological Education; 1 Modest Beginnings; 2 Evaluation and Reform; 3 The Methodist Quest for an Educated Ministry; 4 Piety, Education, and Ministry; PART II: Ministry and Theology in a New Age: The Nonconformist Engagement with Its Message and with the Culture; 5 The Ministry Required by the Age; 6 The Shifting Sands of Religious Authority; 7 Theology and the Task of Reconstruction; 8 Nonconformity and Identity: Beyond the Chilling Mists of Controversy; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

IndexA; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

'The Changing Shape of English Nonconformity' is a study of an important strand in the transformation within 19th-century English evangelical Nonconformity: the development of a pattern of theological education for ministry, which played a significant role in the emergence



of discussions concerning the nature of ministry, and more.