England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales: The Christian Church 1900-2000 (Oxford History of the Christian Church)
By Keith Robbins.
Description
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, highli...
ISBN(s)
0198263716, 9780198263715
