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Christianity and Society in the Modern World

About the Book Series

This series of social historical studies explores the relationship between Christianity and its social context in the period since 1500. Recent exciting new research in this field has greatly increased our understanding of how the changing face of Christianity as a historical religion during the period affected contemporary social attitudes, customs, and behaviour. The books in this series draw this research together, providing new perspectives and interpretations on a fascinating area of social history and bringing it before a wider audience.

15 Series Titles


The Death of Christian Britain

The Death of Christian Britain

1st Edition

By Callum G. Brown
January 24, 2001

The Death of Christian Britain uses the latest techniques to offer new formulations of religion and secularisation and explores what it has meant to be 'religious' and 'irreligious' during the last 200 years. By listening to people's voices rather than purely counting heads, it offers a fresh ...

Women and Religion in Early America,1600-1850 The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions

Women and Religion in Early America,1600-1850: The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions

1st Edition

By Marilyn J. Westerkamp
May 12, 1999

Women in Early American Religion, 1600-1850 explores the first two centuries of America's religious history, examining the relationship between the socio-political environment, gender, politics and religion Drawing its background from women's religious roles and experiences in England during the ...

Women and Religion in England 1500-1720

Women and Religion in England: 1500-1720

1st Edition

By Patricia Crawford
October 10, 1996

Patricia Crawford demonstrates how the consideration of gender is central to our understanding of religious history. Women and Religion has three broad themes: the role and experience of women in the religious upheaval in the period from the Reformation to the Restoration; the significance of ...

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