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Religion in the British Navy, 1815-1879: Piety and Professionalism
Richard Blake
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Description for Religion in the British Navy, 1815-1879: Piety and Professionalism
Hardback. Shows how the rise of evangelical religion in the navy helped create a new kind of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTM; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 622.
Shows how the rise of evangelical religion in the navy helped create a new kind of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. This book examines how, as the nineteenth century progressed, religious piety, especially evangelical piety, was seen in the British navy less as eccentric and marginal and more as an essential ingredient of the character looked for in professional seamen. The book traces the complex interplay between formal religious observance, such as Sunday worship, and pockets of zealous piety, showing how evangelicalism gradually earned less grudging regard, until inthe 1860s and 1870s it ... Read more
Shows how the rise of evangelical religion in the navy helped create a new kind of sailor, technologically trained and steeped in a higher set of values. This book examines how, as the nineteenth century progressed, religious piety, especially evangelical piety, was seen in the British navy less as eccentric and marginal and more as an essential ingredient of the character looked for in professional seamen. The book traces the complex interplay between formal religious observance, such as Sunday worship, and pockets of zealous piety, showing how evangelicalism gradually earned less grudging regard, until inthe 1860s and 1870s it ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
293
Place of Publication
Woodbridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843838852
SKU
V9781843838852
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
Reviews for Religion in the British Navy, 1815-1879: Piety and Professionalism
[A] very satisfying book - engaged and empathetic, thoroughly researched and constructed, and well-written and argued.
VICTORIAN STUDIES
Blake is greatly to be praised for bringing light to a topic that has received insufficient attention. [His] book is very valuable not only for those interested in religious and naval history, but also to those concerned with intellectual history ... Read more
VICTORIAN STUDIES
Blake is greatly to be praised for bringing light to a topic that has received insufficient attention. [His] book is very valuable not only for those interested in religious and naval history, but also to those concerned with intellectual history ... Read more