Democracy and Religion: Gladstone and the Liberal Party, 1867-1875

by Jonathan Parry

Book Overview

This book relates the political history of mid-nineteenth-century Britain to the assumptions which then prevailed about the abstract moral purposes of political activity. A great number of mid-Victorian writers and politicians expressed far-reaching hopes for the future development of British society, indeed for its regeneration; and such hopes were inspired by their religious outlook. They contended that these aims would be promoted by the pursuit,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521367832
• ISBN13: 9780521367837
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"