Lay People and Religion in the Early Eighteenth Century

by W. M. Jacob

Overview

This book investigates the part that Anglicanism played in the lives of lay people in England and Wales between 1689 and 1750. It is concerned with what they did rather than what they believed. Using personal papers, popular publications and church records, Jacob demonstrates that Anglicanism held the allegiance of a significant proportion of all people. He shows that early eighteenth-century England and Wales remained a largely traditional society and that Methodism emerged from a strong church, which was central to the lives of most people.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521892957
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/20/2002
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Lay people and the clergy; 3. Public religious practice; 4. Personal and family piety; 5. Lay people and morality; 6. Lay people and philanthropy; 7. Lay people and church buildings; Conclusion; Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

"Well written and argued...." D.G. Paz, Religious Studies Review

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