03454nam 2200553 450 991045218390332120170816122958.01-134-98179-10-203-03599-2(CKB)1000000000467014(EBL)179754(OCoLC)77521379(MiAaPQ)EBC179754(Au-PeEL)EBL179754(CaPaEBR)ebr11163954(EXLCZ)99100000000046701420181208h20071988 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe British their religious beliefs and practices, 1800-1986 /edited by Terence Thomas1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2007.©19881 online resource (435 p.)The Library of Religious Beliefs and PracticesDescription based upon print version of record.1-138-16390-2 0-415-01300-3 Includes bibliographical references.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 TraditionsTHE 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; IndexA 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.The Library of Religious Beliefs and PracticesGreat BritainReligionElectronic books.291.0941291/.0941Thomas TerenceMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452183903321The British2098664UNINA