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Modern Spiritualism and the Church of England, 1850-1939 (Hardcover)
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Modern Spiritualism and the Church of England, 1850-1939 (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in Modern British Religious History
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Shows how some of the ideas about the afterlife presented by
spiritualism helped to shape popular Christianity in the period.
From the moment of its arrival in Britain in 1852, modern
spiritualism became hugely popular among all sections of society.
As well as offering mysterious and entertaining seance phenomena,
spiritualism was underpinned by a beliefthat the living could
communicate with the departed and even come to know what life after
death looked like. This book, offering the first detailed account
of the theology of spiritualism, examines what happened when the
Church of England, itself already grappling with questions about
the nature of the afterlife, met with such a vibrant and confident
presentation. Although this period saw a gradual liberalising in
the Church's own theology of heavenand hell this was not
communicated to the wider public as long as sermons and liturgy
remained largely framed in traditional language. Over time
spiritualism, already embedded in common culture, explicitly
influenced the thinkingof some Anglican clergy and implicitly began
to permeate and shape popular Christianity - to the extent that
even some of spiritualism's harshest critics made use of its
colourful imagery. This study sets one significant aspect
ofChristian doctrine alongside an attractive alternative and
provides a fascinating example of the 'negotiation of belief', the
way in which, in the interface between Church and culture,
religious belief came to be refreshed and redefined. GEORGINA BYRNE
is an ordained Anglican priest and currently Director of Ordinands
for the Diocese of Worcester and a Residentiary Canon at Worcester
Cathedral.
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