THE ANTI-SECULAR TRADITION IN BRITISH HISTORIOGRAPHY: FROM HERBERT BUTTERFIELD TO MAURICE COWLING.
The article focuses on the influences of Christian historians Herbert Butterfield and Maurice Cowling in regards to British Christian historiography. The author discusses the success of Butterfield's book ''Christianity and History'' and what the author refers to as Butterfi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2012
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Fides et historia
Year: 2012, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-20 |
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Christianity & History (Book)
B Butterfield, Herbert, 1900-1979 B Christianity & literature B Twentieth Century B Cowling, Maurice B England B Church History B Christian historians |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | The article focuses on the influences of Christian historians Herbert Butterfield and Maurice Cowling in regards to British Christian historiography. The author discusses the success of Butterfield's book ''Christianity and History'' and what the author refers to as Butterfield's critique of intellectual arrogance in the book, which Butterfield refers to as ''mass cupidity.'' The author explores Butterfield's criticism of the destructive social and economic aspects of 20th century England, including amoral commercialism, capitalism and the industrial revolution. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Fides et historia
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