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England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales
The Christian Church 1900-2000
Keith Robbins
530 pages
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8 maps, 3 black and white photographs
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234x156mm
978-0-19-957031-7
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Paperback
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04 November 2010
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- Covers each of the territories of the British Isles in detail
- Discusses all the major churches
- Links Religion and Politics
- Addresses issues of belief and identity
- Focusses in on leading personalities
Keith Robbins, building on his previous writing on the modern history of the interlocking but distinctive territories of the British Isles, takes a wide-ranging, innovative and challenging look at the twentieth-century history of the main bodies, at once national and universal, which have collectively constituted the Christian Church. The protracted search for elusive unity is emphasized. Particular beliefs, attitudes, policies and structures are located in their social and cultural contexts. Prominent individuals, clerical and lay, are scrutinized. Religion and politics intermingle, highlighting, for churches and states, fundamental questions of identity and allegiance, of public and private values, in a century of ideological conflict, violent
confrontation (in Ireland), two world wars and protracted Cold War.
The massive change experienced by the countries and people of the Isles since 1900 has encompassed shifting relationships between England, Ireland (and Northern Ireland), Scotland and Wales, the end of the British Empire, the emergence of a new Europe and, latterly, major immigration of adherents of Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and other faiths from outside Europe: developments scarcely conceivable at the outset. Such a broad contextual perspective provides an essential background to understanding the puzzling ambiguities evident both in secularization and enduring Christian faith. Robbins provides a cogent and compelling overview of this turbulent century for the churches of the
Isles.Readership: Scholars and students of twentieth century church history, social and cultural history of the British Isles; clergy; and interested general readers
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Keith Robbins, Emeritus Vice-Chancellor, University of Wales, Lampeter
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"A superb overview of the development and activity of the main bodies within the Church...Covers a vast amount of ground...Local and regional historians will find the work and indispensable framework, as well as a sure guide." - Northern History. "Professor Robins skilfully manages the challenging task of writing a history of the Christian Church in a century of dramatic change, but with significant continuities ... This can be commended as a valuable, insightful surveyof the twentieth century." - W. M. Jacob, Theology "lively and engaging ... a worthy addition to the serires of which it is a part. Those who teach religion or the Church in history at university, college, or seminary will find it
indispensible." - William H. Petersen, Church History
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1: New Century, Old Faith
2: A Crisis of Christendom, 1900-1914
3: Just War, 1914-1918
4: Post-War Dislocations, 1919-1932
5: 'Christian Civilization' in Jeopardy, 1933-1953
6: The Perils of Prosperity, 1953-1975
7: Pluralism's Puzzles, 1976-2000
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