Protestant Dissent and Philanthropy in Britain, 1660-1914

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Protestant Dissent and Philanthropy in Britain, 1660-1914

Edited by: Clyde Binfield , G M Ditchfield and David L. Wykes
With contributions by: Alan Ruston , Clyde Binfield , David Jeremy , David L. Wykes , Elizabeth Gow , G M Ditchfield , Hugh Cunningham , Jennifer Farooq , John Briggs , Mark Freeman and Stephen Orchard

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2019

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Volume 39 | Studies in Modern British Religious History

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Philanthropy was an essential feature of the relationship between Dissent and the society from which it sometimes felt itself to be separate.

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History Regional and National History Europe General European History

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	viii
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgements Clyde Binfield, G. M. Ditchfield and David L. Wykes Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Protestant Dissent and Philanthropy in Britain, 1660–c.1920 Clyde Binfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Dissent and Charity, 1660–1720 David L. Wykes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
2 Dissenters and Charity Sermons, c. 1700 to 1750 Jennifer Farooq Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	43
3 John Howard, Dissent and the Early Years of Philanthropy in Britain Hugh Cunningham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	60
4 Rational Philanthropy: Theory and Practice in the Emergence of British Unitarianism, c. 1750–1820 G. M. Ditchfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
5 David Nasmith (1799–1839), Philanthropy Expressed as Campaigning Stephen Orchard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
6 Building Philanthropy: The Example of Joshua Wilson (1795–1874) Clyde Binfield Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
7 Funding Faith: Early Victorian Wesleyan Philanthropy David J. Jeremy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129
8 Unitarians and Philanthropy After 1844: the Formation of a Denominational Identity Alan Ruston and David L. Wykes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	152
9 Children and Orphans: Some Nonconformist Responses to the Vulnerable in Victorian Britain John Briggs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
10 The Rowntree Family and the Evolution of Quaker Philanthropy, c. 1880 to c. 1920 Mark Freeman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
11 ‘Not slothful in business’: Enriqueta Rylands and the John Rylands Library Elizabeth Gow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Select Bibliography of Secondary Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

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October 18, 2019

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9781787445888

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Boydell Press

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282

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https://doi.org/10.1515/9781787445888

eBook ISBN: 9781787445888

Keywords for this book

Protestant Dissent; Philanthropy; Britain; 1660-1914; Charity; History; Development; Dissenters; Church of England; Self-identity; Denominations; Society; Restoration of Charles II

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Protestant Dissent and Philanthropy in Britain, 1660-1914

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