The Death of Christian Britain
The Death of Christian Britain
The Death of Christian Britain
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Plymouth Brethren see Brethren<br />
poetry 18–19, 112–13<br />
pop music see music, pop<br />
positivism see empiricism<br />
post-modernity 176, 193–5<br />
poverty and religion 123–4<br />
pregnancy see childbirth<br />
pre-industrial society, religion in 10,<br />
16–18, 36<br />
Presbyterian Church in Wales 188<br />
presbyterianism 21, 37, 54, 56<br />
Presley, Elvis 174<br />
Preston 63, 124<br />
Primitive Methodist see Methodism<br />
prohibition see temperance movement<br />
Proops, Marje 177<br />
prostitution 25, 46<br />
protocols: <strong>of</strong> religious discourse 13–14;<br />
see also Sunday lunch<br />
psalmody see music, religious<br />
psychology <strong>of</strong> religion 33<br />
public houses 50, 89; see also<br />
temperance movement<br />
Queen Elizabeth II, coronation <strong>of</strong> 5<br />
racism 76–7<br />
Raikes, Robert 20, 45<br />
rational recreation 52–3<br />
Rayner, Clare 177<br />
Reformation 1, 3<br />
Relief Church 99<br />
religion, definitions <strong>of</strong> 29–30, 32–3, 37,<br />
43<br />
religious belief: nature <strong>of</strong> 5, 7, 199n.3;<br />
rates <strong>of</strong> 4, 190, 198, 231n.65<br />
religious decline, concept <strong>of</strong> 1, 7;<br />
problems with 3, 10–11, 16–34<br />
religious growth 5, 9<br />
religious tourism 4<br />
Religious Tract Society see London<br />
Religious Tract Society<br />
respectability 2, 5, 66, 104, 174, 177–8,<br />
180, 190, 192, 222n.84<br />
revivals 96, 172–4<br />
Rhondda 137<br />
Ricardo 23, 31<br />
Roberts, Elizabeth 175<br />
— Index —<br />
302<br />
Roman Catholic Church 4, 42–3, 56,<br />
131, 133, 136–7, 140; attendances at<br />
150, 157, 161; shortage <strong>of</strong> priests in<br />
4<br />
romance 72, 78, 82, 141, 178–9; in<br />
churches 132<br />
Rowntree, Seebohm 26, 154<br />
sailors 107, 123<br />
sailor’s suit see Sunday dress<br />
Salvation Army 55, 88, 124, 131,<br />
137–8, 142–3, 161<br />
Sankey, Ira 54, 56, 97, 138<br />
Scandinavia 5, 51 see also Norway<br />
Scannell, Dolly 137, 185<br />
Scotland 6–7, 39, 83, 133, 140, 147,<br />
164–6, 187–9<br />
Scott, Walter 19, 67, 70–1, 119, 141<br />
Scouts 96, 131, 174<br />
Seceders 44, 99<br />
secularisation, theory <strong>of</strong> viii, 3, 8–10,<br />
13–15, 29; attacks on 28–9, as<br />
discourse 33; intellectual poverty <strong>of</strong><br />
30–4<br />
secularism 17, 28; weakness <strong>of</strong> in<br />
<strong>Britain</strong> 3<br />
self see identities<br />
self-improvement 41<br />
separate spheres 42, 59<br />
servants see domestic servants<br />
sexual activity see virginity<br />
Sheffield 21, 26–7, 35<br />
Sherwell, Arthur 160<br />
‘She’s Leaving Home’ (song) 179<br />
Shetland 136<br />
Sikh religion 2<br />
sin for men 84, 87, 89–91, 105–8<br />
sin for women 61–2, 64, 77, 134–5,<br />
222n.84<br />
sites <strong>of</strong> discourse 31<br />
Skinner, V.M. 50<br />
Smiles, Samuel 103, 113<br />
Smith, Adam 24, 31<br />
Smollett, Tobias 18<br />
Snell, K.D.M. 154<br />
social class see working classes, middle<br />
classes<br />
social composition analysis 153–55