Victorian Christianity at the fin de siècle : the culture of English religion in a decadent age
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Victorian Christianity at the fin de siècle : the culture of English religion in a decadent age
(Library of modern religion, 48)
I.B. Tauris, 2016
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注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The period known as the fin de siecle - defined in this groundbreaking book as chiefly the period between1885 and 1901 - was a fluid and unsettling epoch of optimism and pessimism, endings and beginnings, aswell as of new forms of creativity and anxiety. The end of the century has attracted much interest from scholars of literary and cultural studies, who regard it as a critical moment in the history of their disciplines; but it has been relatively ignored by religious historians. Frances Knight here sets right that neglect. She shows how late Victorian society (often said to be one of the most intensely Christian cultures the world has ever seen) reacted to the bold agendas being set by the thinkers of the fin de siecle; and how prominent Church figures during the era first identified many of the concerns that have preoccupied Christians latterly. These include an active interest in social justice and the creation of new types of communities; increasingly open discussion of the sexual exploitation of children; debates about society's 'decadence'; new ideas about the role of women; and the belief in the redemptive powers of art, pioneered by figures as diverse as P.T.
Forsyth, Percy Dearmer and Samuel and Henrietta Barnett.Examining in particular the Christian world of fin de siecle London, the author offers penetrating insights intoa society in which the ritual and culture of Christianity sometimes permeated the aesthetic movement andwhere devotees of the aesthetic movement - like Walter Pater, Oscar Wilde and their disciples - often revealed a fascination with Christianity. She argues that the 'long 1890s' was a decisive decade in which various sections of Christian opinion, both on the progressive and the more conservative wings of the faith, began to express views which set the tone for attitudes which would become commonplace in the twentieth century. Victorian Christianity at the Fin de Siecle is the focussed treatment of religion and culture at the end of the nineteenth century that the field has long needed. It will be welcomed by scholars of church history, social and cultural history and the history of ideas.
目次
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction: Why Study Christianity and the
Fin de Siecle? 1
Part I Aestheticism and Christianity
1. Dimensions of the Fin de Siecle 11
2. Aestheticism and Decadence at the Fin de Siecle 30
3. Decadence, Protestantism and Ritualism 54
4. 'Damnable Aestheticism' and Catholic Conversion
at the Fin de Siecle 72
5. 'Heretic Blood' and Catholic Conversion 96
Part II The Religious Contexts of the Fin de Siecle
6. London Christianity at the Fin de Siecle 117
7. Christianity and Social Purity at the Fin de Siecle 150
8. Christian Utopianism at the Fin de Siecle: Building
the New Jerusalem 178
9. Christian Perspectives on Art at the Fin de Siecle:
Galleries, Painting and Liturgy 203
Conclusion: Christianity and the Fin de Siecle 226
Notes 235
Bibliography 273
Index 284
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