Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 192 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 454 g
Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 192 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 236 mm x 160 mm, Gewicht: 454 g
Reihe: Studies in Modern British Reli
ISBN: 978-1-84383-330-7
Verlag: Boydell and Brewer
John Henry Williams was the vicar of Wellesbourne in south Warwickshire from 1778 until his death some fifty years later. A dedicated pastor, displaying an `enlightened and liberal' outlook, his career illuminates the Church of England's condition in the period, and also a clergyman's place in local society. However, he was not merely a country parson. A `political clergyman', Williams engaged fervently in both provincial and national political debate, denouncing the war with revolutionary France between 1793 and 1802, and published a series of forceful sermons condemning the struggle on Christian principles. To opponents, he appeared insidious and blinkered, but to admirers he was 'a sound divine, and not a less sound politician'.
This book, the first to examine Williams' career in full, is a detailed, vivid, and sometimes moving, study of a man who occupies an honorable and significant position in the Church of England's history and in the history of British peace campaigning.
Dr COLIN HAYDON teaches in the Department of History at the University of Winchester.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Organisation & Institutionen von Kirchen und Gemeinden
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Anglikanische und episkopale Kirchen
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
The Grave and the Memory
The Formative Years
The Ivy-mantled Tow'r: Parish and Pastoralia
The Gathering Storm
By Far the Heaviest of All Earthly Calamities: Williams' Anti-War Sermons
Anxiety, the 1797 Campaign, and Afterwards
Assessment
Bibliography
Index