William Temple: Church, State and Society in Britain, 1880–1950 (British Lives) - Softcover

Kent, John

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ISBN 10: 0521376300 ISBN 13: 9780521376303

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1993

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William Temple (1881–1944) was the outstanding British religious leader of the twentieth century. He believed that the 'modern state' was incomplete without a modern Christian church, which should set the moral and political tone of the community. This is a study of Temple's public life, including his attempts to unite the world's Protestant churches.

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William Temple (1881–1944) was the outstanding British religious leader of the twentieth century. He believed that the 'modern state' was incomplete without a modern Christian church, which should set the moral and political tone of the community. His political and religious best seller, Christianity and Social Order, which was published as a Penguin Special in 1942, was one of the sources of the wide support for the British welfare state of the 1950s. Temple was the most successful and controversial of British 'priests in politics' because as an Archbishop he combined the idea of national unity rooted in a common set of religious/moral values with a constant demand for political change in the direction of greater social equality. He thus combined conservative and radical impulses to a remarkable degree. This is a study of Temple's public life and policy in Britain, and of his part in the movement to unite the world's Protestant churches.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0521376300
• ISBN 13: 9780521376303
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 212