Labour and the Free Churches, 1918-1939 : radicalism, righteousness and religion / Peter Catterall.

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"Did the Labour Party, in Morgan Phillips' famous phrase, owe 'more to Methodism than Marx'? Were the founding fathers of the party nurtured in the chapels of Nonconformity and shaped by their emphases on liberty, conscience and the value of every human being in the eyes of God? How did the Free Chu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Catterall, Peter, 1961- (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Subjects:
Labour Party (Great Britain) > History > 20th century.
Labour Party (Great Britain)
Free churches > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Christianity and politics > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Church and state > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Radicalism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Socialism > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1910-1936.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1936-1945.
Great Britain > Religion > 20th century.
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain.
RELIGION / History.
Christianity and politics.
Church and state.
Free churches.
Politics and government.
Radicalism.
Religion.
Socialism.
Great Britain.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 322 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Theological and Political Changes amongst the Free Church Leadership
  • The Nonconformist Conscience after 1918
  • Changes in Chapel Society
  • The Politics of Pewmanship
  • Free Churchmen and Women in the Labour Party
  • Labour and the Nonconformist Conscience
  • Nonconformity, Labour and Class Consciousness
  • The Kingdom, the State and Socialism
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Nonconformist Candidatures in General Elections, 1918-35.