The secularization of the European mind in the nineteenth century / Owen Chadwick.
By: Chadwick, Owen
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BookSeries: Gifford lectures ; 1973-4.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1977Description: [5], 286 p. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0521293170 (pbk).Subject(s): Secularization (Theology) | Secularism -- EuropeDDC classification: 301.58 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 301.58 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00042426 | ||
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The declining hold of the Church and its doctrines on European society represents a major shift in Western life and thought. Owen Chadwick's acclaimed lectures on the secularisation of the European mind trace this movement in the nineteenth century, identifying and exploring both the social and the intellectual aspects of this momentous change. The rise of technology, the growth of big cities and a cheap press take their place alongside evolutionary science and Marxism in this fascinating analysis of the erosion of the Church's power. Woven into its brilliant discussion are brief but very illuminating studies of familiar major thinkers, including Marx, Darwin, Mill and Comte.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index.
Introduction -- Part I: The social problem -- On liberalism -- Karl Marx -- The attitudes of the worker -- The rise of anticlericalism -- Part II: The intellectual problem -- Voltaire in the nineteenth century -- Science and religion -- History and the secular -- The moral nature of man -- On a sense of providence.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
William Owen Chadwick was born in London, England on May 20, 1916. He received a degree in history in 1938 and a degree in theology in 1939 from St. John's College in Cambridge. He attended Cuddeson, a theological college, to study for holy orders. The Church of England ordained him a deacon in 1940 and a priest in 1941. He was master of Selwyn College, Cambridge University, for almost 30 years, beginning in the mid-1950s and retiring in 1983. He was chancellor of the University of East Anglia from 1985 to 1994.In 1966, he was put at the head of a commission to redefine Parliament's role in church affairs. When put into effect, the recommendations of the Chadwick Report, retained the ties between the Church of England and the state but gave the church greater control over the appointment of bishops. It also ended Parliament's nominal control over changes in doctrine and ritual.
He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including John Cassian: A Study in Primitive Monasticism, The Reformation, The Secularization of the European Mind in the Nineteenth Century, Victorian Miniature, The Victorian Church, The Christian Church in the Cold War, and A History of Christianity. He oversaw the publications of a 16-volume work entitled The Oxford History of the Christian Church. He also wrote three volumes himself: The Popes and European Revolution, A History of the Popes, 1830-1914, and The Early Reformation on the Continent. He died on July 17, 2015 at the age of 99.
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