1st Edition
Politicians in the Pulpit Christian Radicalism in Britain from the Fall of the Bastille to the Disintegration of Chartism
By Eileen Groth Lyon
Copyright 1999
290 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
290 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1999, the world of Christian radicalism in the first half of the nineteenth century is reconstructed here with thorough research by Eileen Groth Lyon. Christian radicals, during this period, sought to incite political action through the use of Scripture, using such themes as the rights of man as founded in God’s gift of creation, the deliverance of oppressed peoples, and the... Read more
1. ‘Rendering unto Caesar’: Religion and the Socio-Political Order in the 1790s. 2. ‘The politics of the Bible’: Christian Radicalism in the Post-Napoleonic Period. 3. ‘Rights most Dear and Sacred’: Christian Radicalism and Parliamentary Reform. 4. ‘In the Sweat of Thy Brow’: Work, Oppression and Slavery in the Factories. 5. ‘To Do Justly and to Love Mercy’ in the Debate over the Poor Laws. 6. ‘To Your Tends O Israel’: Radical Action During the Chartist Period.
Biography
Eileen Groth Lyon
'...provides a much needed analysis of the world of Christian radicalism in the first half of the 19th century.' Teaching History '...an extremely learned treatise...based upon a huge range of primary materials both in print and in manuscript, and there is no reader who will not add to his knowledge by reading it.' Ecclesiastical History, vol, 51/3 'Lyon has produced an interesting and valuable study of the usual suspects...' Victorian Studies '... a substantial contribution to our understanding of religious politics...' Journal of Religious History
