• Medientyp: E-Book
  • Titel: Christianity and social service in modern Britain : the disinherited spirit
  • Beteiligte: Prochaska, F. K. [Verfasser:in]
  • Erschienen: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008
  • Umfang: 1 online resource (ix, 216 p.)
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199539796.001.0001
  • ISBN: 9780191713460
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  • Schlagwörter: Church charities Great Britain ; Church work with the poor Great Britain ; Church and social problems Great Britain ; Social service Religious aspects Christianity ; Welfare state Psychological aspects
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  • Anmerkungen: Originally published: 2006. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
  • Beschreibung: The author examines the importance of Christianity as an inspiration for political and social behaviour in the 19th century and the forces that undermined both religion and philanthropy in the 20th.