W. T. Stead - Nonconformist and Newspaper Prophet (Hardcover)

W. T. Stead (1849-1912) was a newspaper editor, author, social reformer, advocate for women rights, peace campaigner, spiritualist, and one of the best-known public figures in the late Victorian and Edwardian Britain. W. T. Stead: Nonconformist and Newspaper Prophet provides a compelling religious biography of Stead, offering particular attention to his conception of journalism-in an age of growing mass literacy-as a means to communicate religious truth and morality, and his view of the editor's desk as a modern pulpit. Leading scholar, Stewart J. Brown explores how his Nonconformist Conscience and sense of divine calling infused Stead's newspaper crusades-most famously his 'Maiden Tribute' campaign against child prostitution. The biography also examines Stead's growing interest in spiritualism and the occult, as he searched for the evidence of an afterlife that might draw people in a more secular age back to faith. It discusses his imperialism and his belief in the English-speaking peoples of the British Empire and American Republic as God's new chosen people for the spread of civilisation; and it highlights how his growing understanding of other faiths and cultures-but more especially his moral revulsion over the South African War of 1899-1902-brought him to question those beliefs. Finally, it assesses the influence of religious faith on his campaigns for world peace and the arbitration of international disputes.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Spiritual Lives
Release date:	September 2019
Authors:	Stewart J. Brown (Professor of Ecclesiastical History)
Dimensions:	205 x 134 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	244
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-883253-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Religious & spiritual Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Ethical issues & debates > Prostitution Books > Biography > Religious & spiritual Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-883253-2
Barcode:	9780198832539

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