W. T. Stead and the Civic Church, 1886-1895: The Vision Behind ‘If Christ Came to Chicago!’
In 1894 the prominent English journalist and religious visionary, W. T. Stead, published If Christ came to Chicago!, a work of investigative journalism focusing on the problems of the modern city. The book constituted a manifesto for Stead's notion of the ‘Civic Church’, a religious movement th...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2015]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2015, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 320-339 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Stead, William T. 1849-1912
/ Christian social ethics
/ Church
/ Civil rights
/ History 1886-1895
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBF British Isles KDD Protestant Church NCC Social ethics |
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| Summary: | In 1894 the prominent English journalist and religious visionary, W. T. Stead, published If Christ came to Chicago!, a work of investigative journalism focusing on the problems of the modern city. The book constituted a manifesto for Stead's notion of the ‘Civic Church’, a religious movement through which he hoped to revive a sense of national religion, and unite churches and philanthropic associations around a shared commitment to follow Christ's example of social service. This article explores the development of Stead's ‘Civic Church’ ideal and his campaign to achieve this in Britain's urban-industrial society between 1886 and 1895. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046913000638 |