Prayer, Providence and Empire

Special Worship in the British World, 1783-1919

Joseph Hardwick (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2021
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-3539-1 (ISBN)

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European settlers in Canada, Australia and South Africa said they were building ‘better Britains’ overseas. But their new societies were frequently threatened by devastating wars, rebellions, epidemics and natural disasters. It is striking that settlers turned to old traditions of collective prayer and worship to make sense of these calamities. At times of trauma, colonial governments set aside whole days for prayer so that entire populations could join together to implore God’s intervention, assistance or guidance. And at moments of celebration, such as the coming of peace, everyone in the empire might participate in synchronized acts of thanksgiving. Prayer, providence and empire asks why occasions with origins in the sixteenth century became numerous in the democratic, pluralistic and secularised conditions of the ‘British world’. -- .

Joseph Hardwick is Senior Lecturer in British History at the University of Northumbria -- .

Introduction
1: Calls to prayer
2: The churches and special worship
3: Participants and observances
4: Communities of prayer
5: Droughts and special prayers
6: Prayers for monarchy
Conclusion
Appendix
Bibliography -- .

Erscheinungsdatum	05.07.2021
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Imperialism
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	594 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	1-5261-3539-6 / 1526135396
ISBN-13	978-1-5261-3539-1 / 9781526135391
Zustand	Neuware