RT Book
T1 The making of a Tory evangelical: Lord Shaftesbury and the evolving character of Victorian evangelicalism
A1 Furse-Roberts, David
A2 Cox, Caroline
LA English
PP Eugene, Oregon
PB Pickwick Publications
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1666056502
AB As one of Victorian Britain's pre-eminent social reformers, Lord Shaftesbury (1801-85) exerted a lasting impact surpassing all of his parliamentary contemporaries. Despite being born into one of England's aristocratic families, a combination of early childhood deprivation, an earnest Evangelical faith, and an abiding sense of noblesse oblige made him a champion of the poor. His seminal contribution to the Victorian factory reform movement represented just one of his manifold legacies. This contextual study of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury probes the mind behind the man to evaluate the religious and philosophical ideas, and their leading figures, that ignited his lifelong activism in the public sphere. This book reveals that far from representing a relic of the Victorian age, the Earl of Shaftesbury, whilst a conservative by predilection, was essentially a forward-looking and farsighted reformer. The principles that Shaftesbury espoused of industrial justice, class harmony, subsidiarity, volunteerism, selfless individualism, religious observance, strong families and private enterprise tempered by moderate state intervention are essentially those prized by liberal democracies today as the foundation for social cohesion, prosperity, and human flourishing
NO Includes bibliography (p. 307-321) and index
CN BX5125
SN 1-5326-5430-8
SN 978-1-5326-5430-5
SN 1-5326-5429-4
SN 978-1-5326-5429-9
K1 Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper : Earl of : 1801-1885
K1 Church of England : History : 19th century
K1 Evangelicalism : Great Britain : History : 19th century
K1 Social reformers : Great Britain
K1 Biografie