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Author Knight, Frances.

Title The nineteenth-century church and English society / Frances Knight.

Publication Info. Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  283.42 K69N    Check Shelf
Description xiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents 1. Interpreting the nineteenth-century church -- 2. Lay religion -- The problem of identity: Anglican or Methodist? -- The construction of Anglican piety: the Bible and the Prayer Book -- The essence of Anglican belief: salvation and the last things -- 3. Church and community -- Providing churches -- Parochial responsibility redefined: the poor and the ratepayer -- Sunday church-going -- The rites of passage -- 4. Clerical life -- Ordination: a trap baited with flowers? -- Curates: a clerical underclass? -- Incumbents: winners and losers in the livings lottery? -- Two clergymen: a glimpse into the interior -- 5. Relations remoulded -- Bishops, patrons and recalcitrant clergy -- The rise of middle management: archdeacons and rural deans -- The eclipse of lay authority: churchwardens, parish clerks, sextons and schoolteachers -- The layman redefined.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-221) and index.
Subject Church of England -- History -- 19th century.
Anglican Communion -- England -- History -- 19th century.
England -- Church history -- 19th century.
Church and state -- England.
Christianity and culture -- History.
Indexed Term Anglican churches History
England
Added Title Nineteenth century church and English society
ISBN 0521453356 hardback
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