The Christian monitors : the Church of England and the age of benevolence, 1680-1730 / Brent S. Sirota.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sirota, Brent S., 1976-

Series:

Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church of England--History--17th century.

Church of England.

Anglican Communion--England--History--17th century.

Anglican Communion.

History.

England--Church history--17th century.

England.

Church history.

Church of England--History--18th century.

Anglican Communion--England--History--18th century.

England--Church history--18th century.

Genre:

Church history.

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 360 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]

Summary:

This book examines the moral and religious revival led by the Church of England before and after the Glorious Revolution, and shows how that revival laid the groundwork for a burgeoning civil society in Britain. After outlining the Church of England's key role in the increase of voluntary, charitable and religious societies, Brent Sirota examines how these groups drove the modernisation of Britain through such activities as settling immigrants throughout the empire, founding charity schools, distributing devotional literature, and evangelising and educating merchants, seamen and slaves throughout the British empire - all leading to what has been termed the "age of benevolence".

Contents:

Chapter 1 Revival and Revolution 18

Chapter 2 The Church in an Age of Projects 69

Chapter 3 The Antinomies of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1699-1720 110

Chapter 4 Sacerdotalism and Civil Society 149

Chapter 5 The Moral Counterrevolution 187

Chapter 6 The Blue Water Policy of the Church of England 223.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300167108

0300167105

OCLC:

844731554