abortion 176, 191 advertising 67 Afro-Caribbean communities in <strong>Britain</strong> 2 aggressive system 46–7 Aldershot 93 angels, gendered depiction <strong>of</strong> 58 Argyllshire 100 art colleges 174, 229n.26 Arundell, Margot 62 Asian communities in <strong>Britain</strong> 2 Aspull, Lancs. 122 Australia 5, 196 autobiography 12, 29, 118–45, 185–6; theory in using 115–18 ballrooms see dance halls Band <strong>of</strong> Hope 122, 130, 142–3 Band <strong>of</strong> Love 143 baptism 1, 3, 6–7; rates <strong>of</strong> 166, 168, 187–90 Baptist churches 44, 60–1, 91–2, 131, 161 Barnsley 105 Barrie, J.M. 101 Barrow-in-Furness 131, 133, 138 Bath 18, 23 Beatles, <strong>The</strong> 176–9; see also Lennon, McCartney Bebbington, David 43 Belfast 48 Belgium 5 belief see religious belief Bible <strong>Christian</strong>s see Methodism bible classes 44–5, 143 index 297 bible societies 19 bigotry 58, 209n.75 biography 100–1, 110, 141; see also obituaries bipolarities in discourse 11–12, 71–2, 94, 118–27, 182–3, 212n.67 Birmingham 26, 132, 150 Black Country 154, 156 Blackburn 132 Blackburn, Revd John 19, 55 Bond, James 71–2, 74 Booth, Charles 26 Booth, William 26 Boyfriend 176 Boys’ Brigade 88, 96, 98 Boy’s Own Paper 80, 113, 119, 141 boys: reading for 53; Sundays for 139 Bradford 153–6, 162 Bradwell, Albert 35–6 brass bands 55, 137–8 Brethren 97, 161, 165 ‘Brief Encounter’ (film) 171–2 Brierley, Peter 4 British Weekly 26, 56, 67–8, 75, 80, 89–90, 103 British Women’s Temperance Association 131 Brownies 131, 174 Browning, Robert 112 Bruce, Steve 147, 190, 231n.1 Bullock, Jim 131–2, 185 Bunyan, John 70, 72, 81, 126 Calder, Revd James 101 Cambridgeshire 50
Campbeltown 20–1 Camporesi, Piero 134 Carrette, Jeremy 196 Catholic Church see Roman Catholic Church celibacy, decline <strong>of</strong> 4 censorship 174, 176 Census <strong>of</strong> Religious Worship (1851) 25, 147, 161–2 censuses <strong>of</strong> religion 26, 145–61 certainty, loss <strong>of</strong> 2, 193 Chadwick, Rosemary 153 Chalmers, Revd Dr Thomas 22–5, 27, 30, 32, 45, 47–8, 98–9, 145–6 Chamber’s Journal 25, 40–1, 52–3, 80, 109–12, 211n.66 Chartism 41 chastity 87 Chelsea 148–9 Chiang Kai-shek, 104 child abuse 4 childbirth 42, 58, 135–6 choirs 137 Christ, depictions <strong>of</strong> 108, 174 Christadelphians 142 christening see baptism <strong>Christian</strong> Endeavour 45, 122 <strong>Christian</strong>isation 1 <strong>Christian</strong>ity, defining nature <strong>of</strong> 12; see also muscular <strong>Christian</strong>ity Christmas 54 church affiliation see church membership Church Army 142 church attendance rates 3–4, 12–13, 38, 140, 145–62, 169 Church Lads’ Brigade 96 church membership, rates <strong>of</strong> 4–7, 13, 38, 162–9, 172–3 Church Missionary Society 68 Church <strong>of</strong> England: attendance rates at 148–61, 163–9; choirs in 137; churching in 136; clergy <strong>of</strong> 16; confirmations in 1, 187–9; decline in 6–7, 187–92; disestablishment <strong>of</strong> 4; growth in 5, 149; nominal adherence to 142; power <strong>of</strong> 17, 19; weddings in 132; women in 68 — Index — 298 Church <strong>of</strong> Scotland: affiliation to 163–9; clergy <strong>of</strong> 16; clerical complaints in 99–100; and evangelicalism 39; power <strong>of</strong> 16, 20; predicted decline <strong>of</strong> 4–5; and promiscuity 179–80; shortage <strong>of</strong> clergy in 4; union with other churches 4 Church <strong>of</strong> the Latter Day Saints 4 churching 135–6 cinema 66, 83–4, 138 cities see urbanisation city missions 32, 45–6 civic gospel 26 Clark, Anna 42 class, social see working classes, middle classes clergy 29; admiration for 136–7; origins <strong>of</strong> 20; piety <strong>of</strong> 98–105; see also by denomination clergy, shortage <strong>of</strong> 4 cohabitation 3; see also marriage, religious Collins, William 46 Congregationalist Church 44, 142, 154, 161 congregations 39–40, 43–5, 207n.31 Connal, Michael 49 Conrad, Joseph 82 conversion 35–9, 56, 75, 81, 172–4, 229n.18; decay <strong>of</strong> 85 Cook, Charles 51 cooking see Sunday lunch Cornwall 103 Covenanters 99 Cowper, William 18–19 Crockett, S.R. 101 crucifixes 141 cultural theory, modern 2 Daily News census (1902–3) see London: religious census <strong>of</strong> Daily Telegraph 127–8 Dale, Revd R.W. 98 dance halls 52, 66, 96, 174–5 Darwinism 81 dating see romance in churches David (OT), depictions <strong>of</strong> 104, 108, 141
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