The Death of Christian Britain
The Death of Christian Britain
The Death of Christian Britain
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Campbeltown 20–1<br />
Camporesi, Piero 134<br />
Carrette, Jeremy 196<br />
Catholic Church see Roman Catholic<br />
Church<br />
celibacy, decline <strong>of</strong> 4<br />
censorship 174, 176<br />
Census <strong>of</strong> Religious Worship (1851)<br />
25, 147, 161–2<br />
censuses <strong>of</strong> religion 26, 145–61<br />
certainty, loss <strong>of</strong> 2, 193<br />
Chadwick, Rosemary 153<br />
Chalmers, Revd Dr Thomas 22–5, 27,<br />
30, 32, 45, 47–8, 98–9, 145–6<br />
Chamber’s Journal 25, 40–1, 52–3, 80,<br />
109–12, 211n.66<br />
Chartism 41<br />
chastity 87<br />
Chelsea 148–9<br />
Chiang Kai-shek, 104<br />
child abuse 4<br />
childbirth 42, 58, 135–6<br />
choirs 137<br />
Christ, depictions <strong>of</strong> 108, 174<br />
Christadelphians 142<br />
christening see baptism<br />
<strong>Christian</strong> Endeavour 45, 122<br />
<strong>Christian</strong>isation 1<br />
<strong>Christian</strong>ity, defining nature <strong>of</strong> 12;<br />
see also muscular <strong>Christian</strong>ity<br />
Christmas 54<br />
church affiliation see church<br />
membership<br />
Church Army 142<br />
church attendance rates 3–4, 12–13,<br />
38, 140, 145–62, 169<br />
Church Lads’ Brigade 96<br />
church membership, rates <strong>of</strong> 4–7, 13,<br />
38, 162–9, 172–3<br />
Church Missionary Society 68<br />
Church <strong>of</strong> England: attendance rates<br />
at 148–61, 163–9; choirs in 137;<br />
churching in 136; clergy <strong>of</strong> 16;<br />
confirmations in 1, 187–9; decline in<br />
6–7, 187–92; disestablishment <strong>of</strong> 4;<br />
growth in 5, 149; nominal adherence<br />
to 142; power <strong>of</strong> 17, 19; weddings in<br />
132; women in 68<br />
— Index —<br />
298<br />
Church <strong>of</strong> Scotland: affiliation<br />
to 163–9; clergy <strong>of</strong> 16; clerical<br />
complaints in 99–100; and<br />
evangelicalism 39; power <strong>of</strong> 16,<br />
20; predicted decline <strong>of</strong> 4–5;<br />
and promiscuity 179–80; shortage<br />
<strong>of</strong> clergy in 4; union with other<br />
churches 4<br />
Church <strong>of</strong> the Latter Day Saints 4<br />
churching 135–6<br />
cinema 66, 83–4, 138<br />
cities see urbanisation<br />
city missions 32, 45–6<br />
civic gospel 26<br />
Clark, Anna 42<br />
class, social see working classes,<br />
middle classes<br />
clergy 29; admiration for 136–7;<br />
origins <strong>of</strong> 20; piety <strong>of</strong> 98–105;<br />
see also by denomination<br />
clergy, shortage <strong>of</strong> 4<br />
cohabitation 3; see also marriage,<br />
religious<br />
Collins, William 46<br />
Congregationalist Church 44, 142,<br />
154, 161<br />
congregations 39–40, 43–5, 207n.31<br />
Connal, Michael 49<br />
Conrad, Joseph 82<br />
conversion 35–9, 56, 75, 81, 172–4,<br />
229n.18; decay <strong>of</strong> 85<br />
Cook, Charles 51<br />
cooking see Sunday lunch<br />
Cornwall 103<br />
Covenanters 99<br />
Cowper, William 18–19<br />
Crockett, S.R. 101<br />
crucifixes 141<br />
cultural theory, modern 2<br />
Daily News census (1902–3) see<br />
London: religious census <strong>of</strong><br />
Daily Telegraph 127–8<br />
Dale, Revd R.W. 98<br />
dance halls 52, 66, 96, 174–5<br />
Darwinism 81<br />
dating see romance in churches<br />
David (OT), depictions <strong>of</strong> 104, 108, 141