1 The Church of England, spiritualism and the ‘decline’ of religious belief

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. 1 The Church of England, spiritualism and the ‘decline’ of religious belief 1
6. 2 Spiritualism in context 18
7. 3 Spiritualism and English common culture 39
8. 4 The teachings of spiritualism 80
9. 5 The Church of England and the departed c. 1850–1900 109
10. 6 The Church of England and spiritualism 144
11. 7 Re-imagining the afterlife in the twentieth century 182
12. 8 The negotiation of belief 221
13. Bibliography 229
14. Index 249