ABSTRACT
This four-volume historical resource provides new opportunities for investigating the relationship between religion, literature and society in Britain and its imperial territories by making accessible a diverse selection of harder-to-find primary sources. These include religious fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, sermons, travel writing, religious ephemera, unpublished notebooks and pamphlet literature. Spanning the long nineteenth century (c.1789–1914), the resource departs from older models of ‘the Victorian crisis of faith’ in order to open up new ways of conceptualising religion. This first volume looks at ‘Traditions’, offering an overview of the different religious traditions and denominations present in Britain during this period.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|28 pages
Evangelical Religion
section 1.1|13 pages
‘Vital’ Religion
chapter 1|9 pages
Emma Jane Worboise, Married Life, or, The Story of Philip and Edith
(London: Christian World, 1863), pp. 100–107 and pp. 322–224, 324–228
section 1.2|12 pages
The Authority of the Bible
chapter 2|8 pages
C. H. Spurgeon, ‘How to Read the Bible: A Sermon’ [1866]
Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, 58 (1912), pp. 422–430
part 2|27 pages
Anglican Developments
section 2.1|11 pages
The High Church Movement
chapter 3|5 pages
Frederick W. Faber, The Church, a Safeguard against Modern Selfishness
(London: [n.p.], 1840), pp. 10–18, 20–21, 23–4, 25–7
chapter 4|2 pages
Frederick W. Faber, ‘Easter Communion’
In Poems (London: Burns and Oates, 1856), pp. 148–149
section 2.2|13 pages
The Broad Church Movement
chapter 5|9 pages
A. I. Fitzroy, Dogma and the Church of England
(Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1891), pp. ix–xviii, 269–271, 272–277
part 3|29 pages
Roman Catholicism
section 3.1|14 pages
Roman Catholicism in Britain
chapter 6|6 pages
M. E. Herbert, Anglican Prejudices Against the Catholic Church [1866]
2nd edition (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1899), pp. 8–11, 13–16, 19–21
chapter 7|4 pages
M. E. Herbert, ‘The Charitable Institutions and Convents of Seville’
In Impressions of Spain in 1866 (London: Richard Bentley, 1866), pp. 152–161
section 3.2|13 pages
Roman Catholicism in Ireland
chapter 8|9 pages
[Anon.], Letters of an Irish Catholic Layman; Being an Examination of the Present State of Irish Affairs in Relation to the Irish Church and the Holy see [1883]
(Dublin: Nation Office, 1884), pp. 12–20 (abridged), 97–98, 2–5 (abridged)
part 4|26 pages
Scottish Presbyterianism
section 4.1|13 pages
The Church of Scotland
chapter 9|9 pages
Norman Macleod, The Lord’s Day: Substance of a speech delivered at a meeting of the presbytery of Glasgow on Thursday 16th November 1865
(Glasgow: James MacLehose, 1865), pp. 11–16 [abridged] and 29–35 [abridged]
section 4.2|10 pages
The Free Church in Scotland
chapter 10|6 pages
Thomas Guthrie, The Principles of the Free Church of Scotland, and a Plea for the Ante–Disruption Ministers
(Edinburgh: [n.p.], 1859), pp. 11, 12–14, 15–19, 20–23, 24
part 5|61 pages
Forms of Dissent
section 5.1|14 pages
Wesleyan Methodism
chapter 11|2 pages
Charles Wesley, ‘Jesus Hath Died that I Might Live’ (No. 415) and ‘Jesus, My Life!’ (No. 347)
In J. Everett and M. Baxter (eds), Hymn Book of the United Methodist Free Churches, comprising the Collection of Hymns by the Rev. J. Wesley with Miscellaneous Hymns Suited for Occasional Services (London: William Reed, 1867), n.p.
chapter 12|8 pages
Mary Fletcher, The Life of Mrs Mary Fletcher, Consort and Relict of the Rev. John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley, Salop: Compiled from her Journal and other Authentic Documents
Ed. Henry Moore [1817] (London: J. Kershaw, 1824), pp. 15–23, 107–108
section 5.2|16 pages
Welsh Nonconformity
chapter 13|9 pages
Henry Richard, ‘The Established Church in Wales’ (1871)
In Letters and Essays on Wales (London: James Clarke, 1884), pp. 129–135, 135–137, 146–147, 150–151, 159-160, 170–171, 179–183
chapter 14|1 pages
William Williams Pantycelyn, ‘’Rwy’n edrych dros y bryniau pell’ (‘I look across the distant hills’)
In Gwynfor Evans (ed.), Land of My Fathers: 2000 Years of Welsh History (Talybont: Y Lolfa Press, 1992), p. 338
chapter 15|2 pages
Ann Griffiths, ‘Wele’n sefyll rhwng y myrtwydd’ (‘See him stand among the myrtles’)
In Gwynfor Evans (ed.), Land of My Fathers: 2000 Years of Welsh History (Talybont: Y Lolfa Press, 1992), pp. 346–347
section 5.3|15 pages
Unitarianism
chapter 16|10 pages
Extracts from Lant Carpenter, The Beneficial Tendency of Unitarianism
(London: [n.p.], 1845), pp. 5–11, 11–13, 13–15, 16–20
chapter 17|1 pages
Anna Laetitia Barbauld, ‘The New Commandment’ (No. 214)
In James Martineau (ed.), Hymns for the Christian Church and Home [1840] (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1866), n.p.
section 5.4|13 pages
Quakers
chapter 18|9 pages
Thomas Clarkson, A Portraiture of Quakerism, As taken from a view of the Moral Education, Discipline, Peculiar Customs, Religious Principles, Political and Civil Economy, and Character, of the Society of Friends
3 vols (London: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806), vol. 2, pp. 235–246 [abridged], 248–259 [abridged], 294, 295–300 [abridged]; vol. 1, pp. 123–129; vol 3, pp. 186–187, 199–205 [abridged].
part 6|31 pages
New Nonconformist Movements
section 6.1|13 pages
Brethren
chapter 19|4 pages
J. N. Darby, Reflections on the Ruined Condition of the Church; And on the Efforts Making by Churchmen and Dissenters to Restore it to its Primitive Order
(London: D. Walter, 1841), pp. 1–4, 20–24
chapter 20|5 pages
A. N. Groves, ‘On Departure from Catholic Christianity’
In Catholic Christianity and Party Communion (London: Morgan & Chase, n.d.], pp. 10–16
section 6.2|15 pages
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
chapter 21|5 pages
John Jaques, ‘Necessity of a Living Prophet. Part 1’
The Latter-Day Saints’ Millennial Star, 15:33 (13th August 1843), pp. 529–532
chapter 22|4 pages
Anon., ‘Gathering’
The Latter-Day Saints’ Millennial Star, 15:3 (15th January 1853), pp. 33–35
chapter 23|2 pages
William G. Mills, ‘Our Home at Great Salt Lake’
The Latter-Day Saints’ Millennial Star, 15:22 (28th May 1853), pp. 351–352
part 7|39 pages
Judaism
section 7.1|15 pages
Orthodox Judaism
chapter 24|6 pages
Nathan Marcus Adler, The Jewish Faith: A Sermon Delivered in the Great Synagogue, Duke’s Place, Sabbath, 24 Shevat, 5608 (29 January 1848)
(London: Effingham Wilson, 5608–1848), pp. 1, 2–16
chapter 25|5 pages
Nina Davis, ‘The Ark of the Covenant’
Jewish Quarterly Review, 8:1 (October 1895), pp. 82–86
section 7.2|10 pages
Reform Judaism
chapter 26|6 pages
D. W. Marks, Discourse Delivered at the Consecration of the West London Synagogue of British Jews, Thursday 16th Sebat a.m. 5602–27th January 1842
(London: Duncan & Malcolm, 5602–1842), pp. 6–9, 10–11, 12, 17–22
section 7.3|11 pages
Liberal Judaism
chapter 27|7 pages
Lily Montagu, ‘Spiritual Possibilities of Judaism Today’
Jewish Quarterly Review, 11:2 (January 1899), pp. 216–224, 225–226, 227–228, 229–230
part 8|40 pages
Religious Traditions from Asia
section 8.1|14 pages
Hinduism
chapter 28|6 pages
Rammohun Roy, Translation of an Abridgement of the Vedant, or, a Resolution of All the Veds [1817]
In The English Works of Raja Ram Mohun Roy, ed. Jogendra Chunder Ghose, 2 vols (Calcutta, 1885–1887), vol. 1, pp. 3–18 [abridged]
chapter 29|2 pages
Miss Acland, ‘The Rajah’s Tomb’
In Mary Carpenter (ed.), The Last Days in England of Rajah Rammohun Roy (London: Trubner & Co., 1866), pp. 176–177
chapter 30|2 pages
Kissory Chand Mittra, ‘The Last Days in England of Rajah Rammohun Roy’ [1866]
In Mary Carpenter (ed.), The Last Days in England of Rajah Rammohun Roy, revd edn (Calcutta: Rammohun Roy Library, 1915), pp. 253–255
section 8.2|12 pages
Zoroastrianism
chapter 31|8 pages
Dadabhai Naoroji, The Parsee Religion
(Liverpool: [n.p.], 1861), pp. 1–6, 7–9, 20–21, 23–26, 26–27
section 8.3|12 pages
Islam
chapter 32|8 pages
Syed Ameer Ali, The Life and Teachings of Mohammed: Or, the Spirit of Islam
(London: W.H. Allen & Co., 1891), pp. 226–231, 233–234, 254–255, 262, 266–267, 268–270, 271–272, 274–275, 362–365
part 9|55 pages
Interpretive Traditions
section 9.1|14 pages
Radical Christianity
chapter 33|6 pages
Joseph Rayner Stephens, The Political Preacher: An Appeal from the Pulpit on Behalf of the Poor
(London: [n.p.], 1839), pp. 14–17, 18–20, 22–23, 26–28, 31–32
chapter 36|2 pages
Thomas Cooper, ‘God of the Earth, And Sea, And Sky’
English Chartist Circular 2:74 (1842), p. 88
section 9.2|13 pages
Feminist Religion
chapter 37|5 pages
Frances Power Cobbe, ‘Madonna Immacolata’
In Italics: Brief Notes on People, Politics and Places in Italy in 1864 (London: Trubner & Co., 1864), pp. 321–334
chapter 38|4 pages
Josephine E. Butler, ‘Introduction’
In Josephine E. Butler (ed.), Woman’s Work and Woman’s Culture: A Series of Essays (London: Macmillan & Co., 1869), pp. liii–lx
section 9.3|12 pages
Poetic and Aesthetic Religion
chapter 39|3 pages
Mary Howitt, ‘The Spirit of Poetry’
In Ballads and Poems (London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1847), pp. 265–269
chapter 40|5 pages
Anna B. Jameson, ‘Introduction’
In Sacred and Legendary Art, 2 vols [1848], new edition (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1890), vol. 1, pp. 1–7
section 9.4|13 pages
Natural Religion
chapter 41|5 pages
Theodore Parker, ‘The Relation of the Religious Sentiment to God, or a Discourse of Inspiration’ [1842]
In Frances Power Cobbe (ed.), Collected Works, 12 vols (London: Trubner & Co., 1863), vol. 1, book 2 pp. 110–117
chapter 42|4 pages
J. R. Illingworth, ‘Divine Immanence in Nature’
In Divine Immanence: An Essay on the Spiritual Significance of Matter (London: Macmillan, 1898), pp. 64–73
