Anglicanism and the British empire c.1700-1850 / Rowan Strong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, Rowan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anglican Communion--Colonies--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Anglican Communion.

Anglican Communion--Colonies--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Between 1700 and 1850 the Church of England was the among the most powerful and influential religious, social, and political forces in Britain. This was also a momentous time for the British Empire, during which it developed and then lost the North American colonies, extended into India, and settled the colonies of Australia and New Zealand. Public understanding of this expanding empire was influentially created and promulgated by the Church of England as a consequence of itsmissionary engagement with these colonies, and its role in providing churches for British settlers. Rowan Strong examine

Contents:

Introduction : English religion and empire to 1700

Anglicans and empire : historical interpretations

The construction of an Anglican imperialism : British North America in the eighteenth century

Anglicanism in a resurgent imperialism : Bengal, 1790-1830

A new Anglican imperial paradigm : the Colonial Bishoprics Fund, 1840-1

The new paradigm in the colonies : Australia and New Zealand, 1820s-c.1850

Conclusion : Anglicanism and empire, 1700-c.1850.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-311) and index.

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ISBN:

9786611149727

1-281-14972-1

1-4356-3110-2

0-19-152726-2

OCLC:

712015963