Protestantism and national identity: Britain and Ireland, c. 1650-c. 1850
This volume traces the complex contribution which Protestantism made to national identity in the British Isles between the Stuart and the Victorian ages. Often challenging existing work, the essays both question whether nationalism was a secular and 'modern' phenomenon, and ask whether Pro...
| Summary: | This volume traces the complex contribution which Protestantism made to national identity in the British Isles between the Stuart and the Victorian ages. Often challenging existing work, the essays both question whether nationalism was a secular and 'modern' phenomenon, and ask whether Protestantism could support any simple vision of a united, imperial and 'elect' Britain. Covering a wide variety of subjects, the authors show that whilst the reformed faith was always central to 'British' self-awareness, it could also divide the peoples of Britain and Ireland, could cast doubt on their greatness, and could dissolve any insistence on the uniqueness of these nations. The collection thus takes the study of religion's contribution to nationality beyond simple acknowledgement of its importance, and suggests ways to understand British and Irish development during the 'long eighteenth century'. Britain, Ireland and the world. The island race : Captain Cook, protestant evangelicalism and the construction of English national identity, 1760-1800 / Kathleen Wilson -- A transatlantic perspective : protestantism and identities in mid-nineteenth-century Britain and the United States / John Wolffe Introduction. The trials of the chosen peoples : recent interpretations of protestantism and national identity in Britain and Ireland / Tony Claydon and Ian McBride -- England. 'I love my King and my Country, but a Roman catholic I hate' : anti-catholicism, xenophobia and national identiry in eithteenth-century England / Colin Haydon -- Confessional state or elect nation? : religion and identity in eighteenth-century England / Jeremy Black -- 'To protect English liberties' : the English nationalist revolution of 1688-1689 / Steven Pincus -- A history of variations : the identity of the eighteenth-century church of England / Brian Young -- Britain and Ireland. The British dimension, religion and the shaping of political identities during the reign of Charles II / Tim Harris -- The bible and national identity in the British Isles, c. 1650-c. 1750 / Scott Mandelbrote -- Protestantism, presbyterianism and national identity in eighteenth-century Scottish history / David Allan -- Protestantism, ethnicity and Irish identities, l660-1760 / Toby Barnard -- 'The common name of Irishman' : protestantism and patriotism in eighteenth-century England / Ian McBride |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015) |
| ISBN: | 0511560435 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511560439 |