LEADER 03538nam 2200565 450 001 9910821051303321 005 20230331005610.0 010 $a1-134-98179-1 010 $a0-203-03599-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000467014 035 $a(EBL)179754 035 $a(OCoLC)77521379 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC179754 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL179754 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11163954 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000467014 100 $a20220522d1988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe British $etheir religious beliefs and practices, 1800-1986 /$fTerence Thomas 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon, UK ;$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group,$d[1988] 210 4$dİ1988 215 $a1 online resource (435 p.) 225 1 $aThe Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-16390-2 311 $a0-415-01300-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aThe 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 Traditions 327 $aTHE 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 327 $a(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; Index 330 $aA source book for the study of religions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries challenging the view that Britain is and has been a predominantly single religion country. This pluralism is shown to apply within Christianity as well as outside. 410 4$aThe Library of Religious Beliefs and Practices 606 $aReligion$xPhilosophy 607 $aGreat Britain$xReligion 615 0$aReligion$xPhilosophy. 676 $a210 700 $aThomas$b Terence$01669863 701 0$aThomas$b Terence$01669863 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821051303321 996 $aThe British$94031324 997 $aUNINA