Charity and Social Welfare: The Dynamics of Religious Reform in Northern Europe, 1780-1920

How churches in Northern Europe reinvented their role as providers of social relief. Charity is a word that fits well in the history of religion and churches, whereas the concept of social reform seems to belong more to the vocabulary of the modern welfare states. Christian charity found itself, during the long nineteenth century, within the maelstrom of social turmoil. In this context of social unrest, although charity managed to confirm its relevance,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9462700923
• ISBN13: 9789462700925
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Leuven University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher