Christianity and social service in modern Britain [[electronic resource] ] : the disinherited spirit / / Frank Prochaska

• Autore: Prochaska F. K
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.7/5/0941
• Soggetto topico: Church charities - Great Britain; Church work with the poor - Great Britain; Church and social problems - Great Britain; Social service - Religious aspects - Christianity
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Background -- Schooling -- Visiting -- Mothering -- Nursing -- Foreground.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 t
• Titolo autorizzato: Christianity and social service in modern Britain
• ISBN: 1-280-90393-7; 0-19-153706-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453311803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II