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An Anglican British World. The Church of England and the Expansion of the Settler Empire, c. 1790-1860.
Joseph Hardwick
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Description for An Anglican British World. The Church of England and the Expansion of the Settler Empire, c. 1790-1860.
Looks at how the Anglican Church coped with mass migration from Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century Series: Studies in Imperialism. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1QDB; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTQ; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
This book looks at how that oft-maligned institution, the Anglican Church, coped with mass migration from Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century. The book details the great array of institutions, voluntary societies and inter-colonial networks that furnished the Church with the men and money that enabled it to sustain a common institutional structure and a common set of beliefs across a rapidly-expanding ‘British world’. It also sheds light on how this institutional context contributed to the formation of colonial Churches with distinctive features and identities. One of the book’s key aims is to show how the colonial ... Read more
This book looks at how that oft-maligned institution, the Anglican Church, coped with mass migration from Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century. The book details the great array of institutions, voluntary societies and inter-colonial networks that furnished the Church with the men and money that enabled it to sustain a common institutional structure and a common set of beliefs across a rapidly-expanding ‘British world’. It also sheds light on how this institutional context contributed to the formation of colonial Churches with distinctive features and identities. One of the book’s key aims is to show how the colonial ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Imperialism
Number of Pages
296
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719087226
SKU
V9780719087226
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About Joseph Hardwick
Joseph Hardwick is Lecturer in British History at Northumbria University -- .
Reviews for An Anglican British World. The Church of England and the Expansion of the Settler Empire, c. 1790-1860.
‘Joseph Hardwick’s study of the imperial growth of a national church is an illuminating and important addition to nineteenth-century imperial and ecclesiastical historiography.’ Jacob M. Blosser, Texas Woman’s University , Anglican and Episcopal History
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