The Christian and civic economy of large towns

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The Christian and civic economy of large towns

Thomas Chalmers

（Cambridge library collection, . British and Irish history, nineteenth century）

Cambridge University Press, 2013

  • v. 1
  • v. 2
  • v. 3

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Reprint. Originally published: v. 1: Glasgow : Printed James Starke for Chalmers & Collins [etc.], 1821; v. 2: Glasgow : Printed for Chalmers and Collins [etc.], 1823; v. 3: Glasgow : Printed for William Collins [etc.], 1826

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Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9781108062350

Description

This three-volume study by the Scottish churchman and social reformer Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) is a revealing work of Christian morality as applied to urban economic theory. Having moved to Glasgow in 1815, Chalmers was given a free hand in 1819 for an experiment in urban ministry at the new parish of St John's in the poorest district of the city. His reforms improved education and reduced the need for institutional poor relief by dividing the area into manageable 'proportions' that were closely looked after by parish elders and deacons, reviving a traditional community spirit and promoting self-help. Although sometimes severe, Chalmers' system and this influential work reflect Enlightenment optimism regarding human nature, suggesting the need for the Church of Scotland to respond actively to problems of urban industrialisation. Volume 1, published in 1821, outlines his theories of locality and the ways in which the Church could support the community.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 1. The advantage and possibility of assimilating a town to country parish
  • 2. On the influence of locality in towns
  • 3. Application of the principle of locality to the work of a Christian minister
  • 4. The effect of a locality in adding to the useful establishments of a town
  • 5. On church patronage
  • 6. On church patronage
  • 7. On church offices
  • 8. On Sabbath schools.
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9781108062367

Description

This three-volume study by the Scottish churchman and social reformer Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) is a revealing work of Christian morality as applied to urban economic theory. Having moved to Glasgow in 1815, Chalmers was given a free hand in 1819 for an experiment in urban ministry at the new parish of St John's in the poorest district of the city. His reforms improved education and reduced the need for institutional poor relief by dividing the area into manageable 'proportions' that were closely looked after by parish elders and deacons, reviving a traditional community spirit and promoting self-help. Although sometimes severe, Chalmers' system and this influential work reflect Enlightenment optimism regarding human nature, suggesting the need for the Church of Scotland to respond actively to problems of urban industrialisation. Volume 2, published in 1823, investigates the nature of pauperism in Scotland and England and the ways in which Parliament and the parish can work towards its abolition.

Table of Contents

  • 9. On the relation that subsists between the Christian and the civic economy of large towns
  • 10. On the bearing which a right Christian economy has upon pauperism
  • 11. On the bearing which a right civic economy has upon pauperism
  • 12. On the present state and future prospects of pauperism in Glasgow
  • 13. On the difficulties and evils which adhere even to the best condition of Scottish pauperism
  • 14. On the likeliest means for the abolition of pauperism in England
  • 15. On the likeliest parliamentary means for the abolition of pauperism in England
  • 16. On the likeliest parochial means for the abolition of pauperism in England.
Volume

v. 3 ISBN 9781108062374

Description

This three-volume study by the Scottish churchman and social reformer Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847) is a revealing work of Christian morality as applied to urban economic theory. Having moved to Glasgow in 1815, Chalmers was given a free hand in 1819 for an experiment in urban ministry at the new parish of St John's in the poorest district of the city. His reforms improved education and reduced the need for institutional poor relief by dividing the area into manageable 'proportions' that were closely looked after by parish elders and deacons, reviving a traditional community spirit and promoting self-help. Volume 3, published in 1826, was written after Chalmers left St John's to become Chair of Moral Philosophy at St Andrew's. It focuses on the relationship between labour, wages and poor relief, discussing how labouring classes should not depend upon welfare and wages to relieve want, but rather practise self-help to reform their condition from below.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • 17. On the wages of labour
  • 18. On the effect of a poor-rate
  • 19. On savings banks
  • 20. On the combinations of workmen for the purpose of raising wages
  • 21. The same subject continued
  • 22. On certain prevalent errors and misconceptions
  • 23. On the effect which the high price of labour in a country has upon its foreign trade
  • 24. On mechanical schools.

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