LEADER 03739nam 22006735 450 001 9910720092703321 005 20230426155527.0 010 $a9783031239403$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031239397 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-23940-3 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7241927 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7241927 035 $a(OCoLC)1377817288 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-23940-3 035 $a(CKB)26523120900041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926523120900041 100 $a20230426d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEarly British Socialism and the ?Religion of the New Moral World? /$fby Edward Lucas 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (283 pages) 225 1 $aPalgrave Studies in Utopianism,$x2946-448X 311 08$aPrint version: Lucas, Edward Early British Socialism and the 'Religion of the New Moral World' Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031239397 327 $a1. Introduction -- 2. The State of the Literature -- 3. Reconceiving Religion -- 4. Owenite Socialism in Religious Context -- 5. Owenite Religion as a Socialite Religion -- 6. Religion and the History of Socialism -- 7. Conclusion. 330 $aThis book challenges existing accounts of the role of religion in early-nineteenth-century British socialism. Against scholarly interpretations which have identified Owenite socialists as anti-religious or as imitating Christianity, this book argues that Owenites offer a re-conception of the nature of ?religion? as advanced through knowledge of the natural and social world, as a prospective source of solidarity which could serve as the unifying bond for communities, and as constituted by ethical conduct. It shows how this re-conception was formed through a sincere and considered reflection upon the problem of religious truth and was shaped by the particular religious context of early-nineteenth-century Britain. It then demonstrates the importance of this reimagination of religion to their understanding of socialism. Their religious interests were not an eccentric adornment to their socialism, an outdated residue yet to be shed and encumbering the development of a mature socialism, or merely instrumental to their temporal goals. Instead, Owenite ambitions of religious reform were grounded in the philosophical preoccupations which animated their socialism. Edward Lucas completed his DPhil at the University of Oxford, UK and now works for the UK government. 410 0$aPalgrave Studies in Utopianism,$x2946-448X 606 $aGreat Britain?History 606 $aReligion?History 606 $aSocial history 606 $aIntellectual life?History 606 $aWorld politics 606 $aHistory of Britain and Ireland 606 $aHistory of Religion 606 $aSocial History 606 $aHistory of Ideas 606 $aPolitical History 615 0$aGreat Britain?History. 615 0$aReligion?History. 615 0$aSocial history. 615 0$aIntellectual life?History. 615 0$aWorld politics. 615 14$aHistory of Britain and Ireland. 615 24$aHistory of Religion. 615 24$aSocial History. 615 24$aHistory of Ideas. 615 24$aPolitical History. 676 $a941 700 $aLucas$b Edward$0607859 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910720092703321 996 $aEarly British Socialism and the ?Religion of the New Moral World?$93359235 997 $aUNINA