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Protestant Dissent and Philanthropy in Britain, 1660-1914 (Hardcover)
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Protestant Dissent and Philanthropy in Britain, 1660-1914 (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History
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Philanthropy was an essential feature of the relationship between
Dissent and the society from which it sometimes felt itself to be
separate. This collection examines the contribution made by
Dissenters from the Church of England to the history and
development of charity and philanthropy in Britain from 1660 to the
beginning of the twentieth century. It looks at the importance of
charity and philanthropy in supporting Protestant Dissent and the
causes with which it was associated; the part charity and
philanthropy played in helping to fashion a self-identity for
Dissent and for individual denominations; and the distinctive
contributions made both by Dissenters generally and by particular
denominations. Dissent and philanthropy intersect at many different
points and levels: between the public and the private, the state
and the individual, the voluntary and the organized. Philanthropy
was an essential feature of the relationship between Dissent and
the society from which it sometimes felt itself to be separate.
Each chapter not only covers the contribution of a particular
denomination but forms a case study of a wider aspect of charitable
or philanthropic activity within Dissent as a whole. This volume is
the first study which examines the contribution of Dissenters to
charity and philanthropy, one of the most important developments in
British society between the Restoration of Charles II and the
outbreak of the First World War. CLYDE BINFIELD is Emeritus
Professor in History at the University of Sheffield. His
publications have concentrated on nonconformist history, in
particular its social, cultural, and political contexts, from the
late eighteenth century to the mid twentieth century. G. M.
DITCHFIELD is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of
Kent. His publications include The Evangelical Revival, George III.
An Essay in Monarchy, and The Letters of Theophilus Lindsey
(1723-1808). DAVID L. WYKES is Director of Dr Williams's Trust and
Library. He edited Parliament and Dissent with Stephen Taylor and,
with Isabel Rivers, Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher, and
Theologian and Dissenting Praise. CONTRIBUTORS: Clyde Binfield,
John Briggs, Hugh Cunningham, G. M. Ditchfield, Jennifer Farooq,
Mark Freeman, Elizabeth Gow, David Jeremy, Stephen Orchard, Alan
Ruston, David L. Wykes
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