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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