The Christian Monitors: The Church of England and the Age of Benevolence, 1680-1730
Brent S. Sirota
Abstract
This book examines the moral and religious revival led by the Church of England before and after the Glorious Revolution, and shows how that revival laid the groundwork for a burgeoning civil society in Britain. After outlining the Church of England’s key role in the increase of voluntary, charitable, and religious societies, the book examines how these groups drove the modernization of Britain through such activities as settling immigrants throughout the empire, founding charity schools, distributing devotional literature, and evangelizing and educating merchants, seamen, and slaves throughou ... More
Keywords: Church of England, Glorious Revolution, voluntary societies, charitable societies, religious societies, charity schools, British empire, age of benevolence
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2014 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300167108 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: May 2014 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300167108.001.0001 |
