Module Identifier HY13320  
Module Title A HISTORY OF RELIGION IN BRITAIN: 1750 TO THE PRESENT  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Professor William D Rubinstein  
Semester Semester 1  
Course delivery Lecture   18 Hours  
  Seminars / Tutorials   6 Hours Seminar.  
Assessment Semester Exam   2 Hours   60%  
  Semester Assessment   Essay: 2 x 2,500 word essays   40%  

Brief description

The module is divided into two sections. In the first, the history and evolution of the major religious traditions in Britain since the eighteenth century will be examined, focusing on major turning-points and crises in the churches such as the Evangelical Movement, the Oxford Movement, and the rise of Methodism. The nature of religious belief in contemporary Britain will also be studied.   The second section will examine the attitude of the churches and of British religious leaders to controversial social and political question such as the alleviation of poverty, warfare, gender, equality, and moral issues.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
W.O. Chadwick. (1966/1970) The Victorian Church. London
Sheridan Gilley and W.J. Shiels, eds.,. (1994) A History of Religion in Britain. Oxford
Alex R. Vidler. (1990) The Church in An Age of Revolution. Harmondsworth
The Church in An Age of Revolution. (1994) Religion in Britain Since 1945. Oxford
A.D. Gilbert. (1976) Religion and Society in Industrial England. London
K.O. Morgan. (1981) Wales : Rebirth of a Nation, 1880-1980. Oxford