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Nineteenth-Century Religion, Literature and Society Traditions

Edited By Rebecca Styler Copyright 2021
    374 Pages
    by Routledge

    374 Pages
    by Routledge
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    This four-volume historical resource provides new opportunities for investigating the relationship between religion, literature and society in Britain and its imperial territories by making accessible a diverse selection of harder-to-find primary sources. These include religious fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, sermons, travel writing, religious ephemera, unpublished notebooks and pamphlet literature. Spanning the long nineteenth century (c.1789–1914), the resource departs from older models of ‘the Victorian crisis of faith’ in order to open up new ways of conceptualising religion. This first volume looks at ‘Traditions’, offering an overview of the different religious traditions and denominations present in Britain during this period.

    Volume 1: Traditions

    Ed. Rebecca Styler

    Dedication

    Editor’s acknowledgements

    Acknowledgements

    General Introduction: Nineteenth-Century Religion, Literature and Society

    Introduction to Volume I: Traditions

    PART 1

    Evangelical Religion

      1. ‘Vital’ Religion

        2.

        1. Extracts from Emma Jane Worboise, Married Life, or, The Story of Philip and Edith (1863)

      2. The authority of the Bible

    2. Extracts from C. H. Spurgeon, ‘How to Read the Bible: A Sermon’ (1866)

    　

    PART 2

    Anglican Developments　

      1. The High Church Movement

    3. Extracts from Frederick W. Faber, The Church, a Safeguard against Modern Selfishness (1840)

    4. Frederick W. Faber, ‘Easter Communion’ (1856)

    2.2 The Broad Church Movement

    5. Extracts from A. I. Fitzroy, Dogma and the Church of England (1891)

    　

    PART 3

    Roman Catholicism

    3.1 Roman Catholicism in Britain

    6. Extracts from M. E. Herbert, Anglican Prejudices Against the Catholic Church (1866)

    7. Extracts from M. E. Herbert, Impressions of Spain in 1866 (1866) 　

    3.2 Roman Catholicism in Ireland

    8. Extracts from [Anon.], Letters of an Irish Catholic Layman (1883)

    　

    PART 4

    Scottish Presbyterianism

    4.1 The Church of Scotland

    9. Extracts from Norman Macleod, The Lord’s Day (1865)

    4.2 The Free Church in Scotland

    10. Extracts from Thomas Guthrie, The Principles of the Free Church of Scotland, and a Plea for the Ante-Disruption Ministers (1859)

    　

    PART 5

    Forms of Dissent　

    5.1 Wesleyan Methodism

    11. Charles Wesley, selections from Hymn Book of the United Methodist Free Churches (1867)

    12. Extracts from Mary Fletcher, The Life of Mrs Mary Fletcher, Consort and Relict of the Rev. John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Salop (1817)

    5.2 Welsh Nonconformity

    13. Extracts from Henry Richard, ‘The Established Church in Wales’ (1871)

    14. William Williams Pantycelyn, ‘’Rwy’n edrych dros y bryniau pell’ (‘I look across the distant hills’) [n.d]

    15. Ann Griffiths, ‘Wele’n sefyll rhwng y myrtwydd’ (‘See him

    stand among the myrtles’) [n.d.]　

    5.3 Unitarianism

    16. Extracts from Lant Carpenter, The Beneficial Tendency of

    Unitarianism (1845)

    17. Anna Laetitia Barbauld, ‘The New Commandment’ [n.d.]

    5.4 Quakers

    18. Extracts from Thomas Clarkson, A Portraiture of Quakerism (1806)

    　

    PART 6

    New Nonconformist Movements　

    6.1 Brethren

    19. Extract from J. N. Darby, Reflections on the Ruined Condition

    of the Church (1841)

    20. A. N. Groves, ‘On Departure from Catholic Christianity’ (1836)

    6.2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

    21. John Jaques, ‘Necessity of a Living Prophet. Part 1’ (1853)

    22. [Anon.], ‘Gathering’ (1853)

    23. William G. Mills, ‘Our Home at Great Salt Lake’ (1853)

     

    PART 7

    Judaism

    7.1 Orthodox Judaism

    24. Extracts from Nathan Marcus Adler, The Jewish Faith (1848)

    25. Nina Davis, ‘The Ark of the Covenant’ (1895)

    7.2 Reform Judaism

    26. Extract from D. W. Marks, Discourse Delivered at the Consecration of the West London Synagogue of British Jews (1842)

    7.3 Liberal Judaism

    27. Extracts from Lily Montagu, ‘Spiritual Possibilities of Judaism Today’ (1899)

    　

    PART 8

    Religious Traditions from Asia

    8.1 Hinduism

    28. Extracts from Rammohun Roy, Translation of an Abridgement of the Vedant, or, a Resolution of All the Veds (1816)

    29. Miss Acland, ‘The Rajah’s Tomb’ (1866)

    30. Extract from Kissory Chand Mittra, ‘The Last Days in England of Rajah Rammohun Roy’ (1866)　

    8.2 Zoroastrianism

    31. Extracts from Dadabhai Naoroji, The Parsee Religion (1861)

    8.3 Islam

    32. Extracts from Syed Ameer Ali, The Life and Teachings of Mohammed (1891)

    　

    PART 9

    Interpretive Traditions

    9.1 Radical Christianity

    33. Extracts from Joseph Rayner Stephens, The Political Preacher (1839)

    34. [Anon.], ‘Hymn Thirteenth’ (1835)

    35. John Henry Bramwich, ‘A Hymn’ (1846)

    36. Thomas Cooper, ‘God of the Earth, And Sea, And Sky’ (1842)　

    9.2 Feminist Religion

    37. Extract from Frances Power Cobbe, Italics (1864)

    38. Extract from Josephine E. Butler, ‘Introduction’ to Woman’s Work and Woman’s Culture (1869)　

    9.3 Poetic and Aesthetic Religion

    39. Mary Howitt, ‘The Spirit of Poetry’ (1847)

    40. Extract from Anna B. Jameson, ‘Introduction’ to Sacred and Legendary Art (1848)　

    9.4 Natural Religion

    41. Extracts from Theodore Parker, ‘The Relation of the Religious Sentiment to God’ (1842)

    42. Extract from J. R. Illingworth, Divine Immanence (1898)

    Biography

    Rebecca Styler is Principal Lecturer in English at the University of Lincoln, UK.

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