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Christian Modernities in Britain and Ireland in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
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Christian Modernities in Britain and Ireland in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)
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The dramatic social, cultural, and political changes in the
twentieth century posed challenges and opportunities to Christian
believers in Britain and Ireland: many, whether in the churches or
among the laity, sought to adapt their faith to what was seen as a
new, "modern" world fundamentally different than the one in which
Christianity had risen to a position of institutional and cultural
dominance. Alongside the more long-term processes of
industrialisation, urbanisation, and democratisation, the formative
experiences of war and post-war reconstruction, confrontations with
totalitarianism, changing relations between the sexes, and
engagements with an increasingly assertive "secular" culture
inspired many Christians not only to reconsider their faith but
also to try to influence the emerging modernity. The chapters in
this volume address various specific topics - from mass politics to
sexuality - but are linked by a stress on how Christians played
active roles in building "modern" life in twentieth-century Britain
and Ireland. Tensions and ambiguities between "religious" and
"secular" and between "modern" and "traditional" make understanding
Christian encounters with modernity a valuable topic in the
exploration of the complexities of twentieth-century cultural and
intellectual history. This book will be of great value to students
and scholars in the fields of history including modern British
history, religion, and the intersectionality of gender and
religion. The chapters in this book were originally published as a
special issue of Contemporary British History.
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