The focus of this collection is the nature of religious change over more than two centuries, here examined by some of the leading scholars in the field, in tribute to John McManners on his eightieth birthday. Ranging across Europe (with a particular emphasis on France and Britain), readers will find essays which survey individual responses to crises in the religious life of the state, discuss contacts between communions, note changing patterns of worship and devotions, and explore the ways in which religion (and the lessons of the past) can offer help or consolation in the conduct of life. Some contributors deal with the close, often tense, links between religion, churchmen, and the formation and evolving character of the state; others consider the survival and adaptability of minority groups such as eighteenth-century monks, or British Jews, in response to external considerations. In all the contributions, the interaction of private and public life is a strong feature, a reflection of its own importance in Professor McManners' own writings.
Reviews
it is good that one of our most eminent living ecclesiastical historians ... should be the subject of this handsome tribute. * Church Times, 22 August 1997 *



Book Information
ISBN 9780198205968
Author Nigel Aston
Format Hardback
Page Count 460
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 859g
Dimensions(mm) 243mm * 164mm * 31mm