A Gathered Church: The Literature of the English Dissenting Interest, 1700-1930Oxford University Press, 1978 - 152 Seiten In this provocative volume well-known poet and literary critic Donald Davie examines the dissenting voice in English literature, religion, and politics. Examining the works of writers such as Milton, Charles Blake, and George Eliot; pulpit-orators such as Robert Hall; scientists like Michael Faraday; and political activists such as Joseph Priestley, he considers such questions as: How did their voice develop after their death? And were these dissenters the religious bigots, political time-servers, and artistic philistines they are portrayed as? |
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... R. H. Tawney , which proceeds by showing how many of the social practices applauded and adopted by Puritanism - regularity , sobriety , frugality , and so on - are practices which , other things being equal , lead to success in the ...
... R. H. Tawney , which proceeds by showing how many of the social practices applauded and adopted by Puritanism - regularity , sobriety , frugality , and so on - are practices which , other things being equal , lead to success in the ...
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... R. H. Tawney , who was no worse a theologian and no worse a Christian for being also a historian and a Socialist , remarked : There is a distinctively Christian way of life . . . . This way of life is not , as appears often to be ...
... R. H. Tawney , who was no worse a theologian and no worse a Christian for being also a historian and a Socialist , remarked : There is a distinctively Christian way of life . . . . This way of life is not , as appears often to be ...
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... Tawney , R. H. , 13 , 51 , 81-2 , 113 Teignmouth , John Shore , Lord , 6 Temperance crusaders , 96 Temple , Sir William , 56 Test Act , repeal of , refused ( 1790 ) , 123 , 132 Thackeray , William M. , 75 Thelwall , John , 5 Thomas ...
... Tawney , R. H. , 13 , 51 , 81-2 , 113 Teignmouth , John Shore , Lord , 6 Temperance crusaders , 96 Temple , Sir William , 56 Test Act , repeal of , refused ( 1790 ) , 123 , 132 Thackeray , William M. , 75 Thelwall , John , 5 Thomas ...
Inhalt
Lecture | 1 |
Dissent in the Present Century | 91 |
Notes | 109 |
Urheberrecht | |
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