The Labour Church was an organisation fundamental to the British
socialist movement during the formative years of the Independent
Labour Party (ILP) and Labour Party between 1891 and 1914. It was
founded by the Unitarian Minister John Trevor in Manchester in 1891
and grew rapidly thereafter. Its political credentials were on
display at the inaugural conference of the ILP in 1893, and the
Labour Church proved a formative influence on many pioneers of
British socialism. This book provides an analysis of the Labour
Church, its religious doctrine, its socio-political function and
its role in the cultural development of the early socialist arm of
the labour movement. It includes a detailed examination of the
Victorian morality and spirituality upon which the life of the
Labour Church was built. Jacqui Turner challenges previously held
assumptions that the Labour Church was irreligious and merely a
political tool. She provides a new cultural picture of a diverse
and inclusive organisation, committed to individualism and an
individual relationship with God. As such, this book brings
together two major controversies of late-Victorian Britain: the
emergence of independent working-class politics and the decline of
traditional religion in a work which will be essential reading for
all those interested in the history of the labour movement.
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