Providing a comprehensive account of religion in British society and culture between 1900 and 2000, this book traces how Christian Puritanism and respectability

Tackling important contemporary themes, such as the role of the Kirk in national identity and the growth of secularization, Brown explores the histories of Cath

The 17th century was a dynamic period characterized by huge political and social changes, including the Civil War, the execution of Charles I, the Commonwealth

"The reader is taken on a global exploration of the forms and diversities of religions and their social and cultural contexts... It is up to the minute in resea

The church of the eighteenth century was still reeling in the wake of the huge religious upheavals of the two previous centuries. Though this was a comparativel