02590nam 22006134a 450 991045331180332120200520144314.01-280-90393-70-19-153706-3(CKB)1000000000554549(EBL)422710(OCoLC)476259054(SSID)ssj0000121879(PQKBManifestationID)11134687(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000121879(PQKBWorkID)10110569(PQKB)10385194(MiAaPQ)EBC422710(Au-PeEL)EBL422710(CaPaEBR)ebr10177850(CaONFJC)MIL90393(EXLCZ)99100000000055454920050804d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrChristianity and social service in modern Britain[electronic resource] the disinherited spirit /Frank ProchaskaOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (229 p.)Includes index.0-19-928792-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Background -- Schooling -- Visiting -- Mothering -- Nursing -- Foreground.An elegantly written study that charts the relationship between Christianity and social service in Britain since the eighteenth century and presents a challenging new interpretation of the links between Christian decline and democratic traditions. - ;Few subjects bring out so well the differences between ourselves and our ancestors as the history of Christian charity. In an increasingly mobile and materialist world, in which culture has grown more national, indeed global, we no longer relate to the lost world of nineteenth-century parish life. Today, we can hardly imagine a voluntary society tChurch charitiesGreat BritainChurch work with the poorGreat BritainChurch and social problemsGreat BritainSocial serviceReligious aspectsChristianityElectronic books.Church charitiesChurch work with the poorChurch and social problemsSocial serviceReligious aspectsChristianity.361.7/5/0941Prochaska F. K570848MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453311803321Christianity and social service in modern Britain2111418UNINA