Johnston National Thanksgivings and Ideas of Britain, 1689-1816

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78744-840-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 413 Seiten

Examines sermons preached at national thanksgiving celebrations to show in detail what it meant to be properly British in the period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnston, Warren

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Predigten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on elements of the text
List of general thanksgiving days
Introduction
Sermons and thanksgiving-day sermons in the long eighteenth century
Thanksgiving-day sermons - purposes and meanings
'The Palladium of our Safety' - Providence and Britain
Political theory and principles
'This Carping Age' - the politics of unity and discord
War
Costs of war and consequences of peace
Commerce and Empire
Anglicanism, dissent, anti-Catholicism, and infidelity
Others and Britons
Conclusion
Appendix A: Preachers' and sermon details
Appendix B: Denominational breakdown of thanksgiving-day-preachers
Appendix C: Main scriptural texts used for thanksgiving-day sermons
Bibliography of primary sources: Thanksgiving-day sermons - by date preached
Bibliography of secondary sources

Über Autor(innen)

Johnston Warren:
WARREN JOHNSTON is Associate Professor in the Department of English and History at Algoma University, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Revelation Restored: The Apocalypse in Later Seventeenth Century England (Boydell Press, 2011).