Labour and the Free Churches, 1918-1939: Radicalism, Righteousness and Religion

by Peter Catterall

Book Overview

Did the Labour Party, in Morgan Phillips' famous phrase, owe 'more to Methodism than Marx'? Were the founding fathers of the party nurtured in the chapels of Nonconformity and shaped by their emphases on liberty, conscience and the value of every human being in the eyes of God? How did the Free Churches, traditionally allied to the Liberal Party, react to the growing importance of the Labour Party between the wars? This book addresses these questions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441115897
• ISBN13: 9781441115898
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"