The main theme of this book is religion and identity, not only national identity, but also regional and local identities. It is an attempt to penetrate to the heart of vigorous religious and political cultures, both elite and popular, in the long eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. David Hempton deals with all parts of the British Isles at some point in their histories, and brings to life a diverse and variegated spectrum of religious communities, from Argyll to Armagh, from Cornwall to Clare, from the Welsh valleys to the Scottish highlands and from Birmingham to Belfast.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. The Church of England: a great English consensus?; 2. The Methodist revolution?; 3. Evangelical enthusiasm and national identity in Scotland and Wales; 4. The making of the Irish Catholic nation; 5. Ulster Protestantism: the religious foundations of rebellious loyalism; 6. Religious and political culture in urban Britain; 7. Religion and identity in the British Isles: integration and separation; 8. Conclusions.
