The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians

The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 1098
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ISBN-10 : 9780804780933
ISBN-13 : 0804780935
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Synopsis The Social Conscience of the Early Victorians by : F. David Roberts

In 1830, the dominant social outlook of the early Victorians was a paternalism that looked to property, the Church, and local Justices of the Peace to govern society and deal with its ills. By 1860, however, the dominant social outlook had become a vision of a laissez faire society that relied on economic laws, self-reliance, and the vigorous philanthropy of voluntary societies. This book describes and analyzes these changes, which arose from the rapid growth of industry, towns, population, and the middle and working classes. Paternalism did not entirely fade away, however, just as a laissez faire vision had long antedated 1830. Both were part of a social conscience also defined by a revived philanthropy, a new humanitarianism, and a grudging acceptance of an expanded government, all of which reflected a strong revival of religion as well as the growth of rationalism. The new dominance of a laissez faire vision was dramatically evident in the triumph of political economy. By 1860, only a few doubted the eternal verities of the economists’ voluminous writings. Few also doubted the verities of those who preached self-reliance, who supported the New Poor Law’s severity to persons who were not self-reliant, and who inspired education measures to promote that indispensable virtue. If economic laws and self-reliance failed to prevent distress, the philanthropists and voluntary societies would step in. Such a vision proved far more buoyant and effective than a paternalism whose narrow and rural Anglican base made it unable to cope with the downside of an industrial-urban Britain. But the vision of a laissez faire society was not without its flaws. Its harmonious economic laws and its hope in self-reliance did not prevent gross exploitation and acute distress, and however beneficent were its philanthropists, they fell far short of mitigating these evils. This vision also found a rival in an expanded government. Two powerful ideas—the idea of a paternal government and the idea of a utilitarian state—helped create the expansion of government services. A reluctant belief in governmental power thus joined the many other ideas that defined the Victorian’s social conscience.

The Contribution of Cambridge Ecclesiologists to the Revival of Anglican Choral Worship, 1839-62

The Contribution of Cambridge Ecclesiologists to the Revival of Anglican Choral Worship, 1839-62
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 419
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ISBN-10 : 9780429803819
ISBN-13 : 0429803818
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Synopsis The Contribution of Cambridge Ecclesiologists to the Revival of Anglican Choral Worship, 1839-62 by : Dale Adelmann

First published in 1997, this book asks how an ecclesiastical climate was created in which Anglican choral worship could flourish in the mid-nineteenth century. Dale Adelmann draws on a wide range of sources, including diaries, correspondence, pamphlets, newspapers and critical writings, to answer this question. His research reveals the hitherto unrecognized extent of the influence of the Cambridge Camden Society (1839-62) in the revival of Anglican choral worship, in particular through the auspices of its periodical The Ecclesiologist, but also through the dedicated efforts of the remarkable individuals who promoted the Society’s aims in their writings, lectures, and in their own parish churches. The study examines the arguments that were framed in defence of choral worship and the often heated debates they initiated between both individuals and institutions. In so doing, it provides a re-evaluation of the place of Anglican choral worship in mid-nineteenth-century musicological and ecclesiastical history, and demonstrates the role of Cambridge ecclesiologists as primary force behind its rival.

Suscribing to Faith? The Anglican Parish Magazine 1859-1929

Suscribing to Faith? The Anglican Parish Magazine 1859-1929
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 291
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ISBN-10 : 9781137362445
ISBN-13 : 1137362448
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Synopsis Suscribing to Faith? The Anglican Parish Magazine 1859-1929 by : Jane Platt

This book reveals the huge sales and propagandist potential of Anglican parish magazines, while demonstrating the Anglican Church's misunderstanding of the real issues at its heart, and its collective collapse of confidence as it contemplated social change.

Victorian Reformation

Victorian Reformation
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Publisher : OUP USA
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9780195378511
ISBN-13 : 0195378512
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Synopsis Victorian Reformation by : Dominic Janes

In Victorian England there was interest in understanding the early Church as an inspiration for contemporary sanctity. This was manifested in a surge in archaeological inquiry and in the construction of new churches using medieval models. Janes seeks to understand the fierce passions that were unleashed by the contended practices.

The Athenaeum

The Athenaeum
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 830
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ISBN-10 : IND:30000153078377
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The Bookseller

The Bookseller
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 928
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ISBN-10 : CUB:U183019943493
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