Christianity and Social Service in Modern Britain: The Disinherited Spirit

by Frank Prochaska

Book Overview

Few subjects bring out so well the differences between ourselves and our ancestors as the history of Christian charity. In an increasingly mobile and materialist world, in which culture has grown more national, indeed global, we no longer relate to the lost world of nineteenth-century parish life. Today, we can hardly imagine a voluntary society that boasted millions of religious associations providing essential services, in which the public rarely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199539790
• ISBN13: 9780199539796
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"