Charity and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century Britain (eBook, ePUB)
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The volume explores the role religion had in charity and philanthropy in the long nineteenth-century. Although charity is, arguably, rooted in the Old Testament and the New Testament and philanthropy, as a concept, emerges in the seventeenth century, it was only in the nineteenth century that these concepts assumed their modern form. The materials in this volume provide essential context for understanding the role of religion in nineteenth-century charity and philanthropy. Topics be covered include the Church of England, Protestant dissenting religions, the Christian Social Union, the Catholic Church in Ireland, Judaism and the Salvation Army.…mehr

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The volume explores the role religion had in charity and philanthropy in the long nineteenth-century. Although charity is, arguably, rooted in the Old Testament and the New Testament and philanthropy, as a concept, emerges in the seventeenth century, it was only in the nineteenth century that these concepts assumed their modern form. The materials in this volume provide essential context for understanding the role of religion in nineteenth-century charity and philanthropy. Topics be covered include the Church of England, Protestant dissenting religions, the Christian Social Union, the Catholic Church in Ireland, Judaism and the Salvation Army.

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Kevin A. Morrison is Distinguished Professor of British Literature in the School of Foreign Languages at Henan University. He is the author of Victorian Liberalism and Material Culture: Synergies of Thought and Place (2018), A Micro-History of Victorian Liberal Parenting: John Morley's "Discreet Indifference" (2018), and Study-Abroad Pedagogy, Dark Tourism, and Historical Reenactment: In the Footsteps of Jack the Ripper and His Victims (2019). He has edited a number of collections including, most recently, Walter Besant: The Business of the Literature and the Pleasures of Reform (2019).