In the last half of the twentieth century, a once respectable and
religious Britain became a seriously violent and dishonest society,
one in which person and property were at risk, family breakdown was
ubiquitous, and drug and alcohol abuse was rising. The Strange
Death of Moral Britain demonstrates in detail the roots of
Britain's decline. It also shows how a society, strongly Protestant
in both morality and identity, became one of the most secular
societies in the world.The culture wars about abortion, capital
punishment, and homosexuality, which have convulsed the United
States, have little meaning in Britain where there is neither a
moral majority nor any indigenous emphasis on rights. In the period
when Britain had a strong national and religious identity, defense
of this identity led to legal persecution of male homosexuals. As
Britain's identity crumbled, homosexuality ceased to be an
important issue for most people. Similarly, all the pressing
questions on abortion, capital punishment, and homosexuality were
settled permanently on a purely utilitarian basis in Britain, where
all sources of moral argument are weak. The ending of the death
penalty marked the decline of the influence of the official
hierarchies of church and state, the Church of England, the armed
forces, and their representative, the Conservative Party.The
Strange Death of Moral Britain is a study of moral change,
secularization, loss of identity, and the growth of deviant
behavior in Britain in the twentieth century. Based on detailed
scholarship, it is tightly argued and clearly written with a
minimum of jargon. It will be of interest to scholars in religious
studies and British social history, and to a general reading public
concerned with timely moral controversies.
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