A people of one book : the Bible and the Victorians / Timothy Larsen.

'A People of One Book' vividly recovers the lost world of the Victorians in which everyone thought, spoke and argued through scripture. Larsen presents individual case studies of well-known figures from different religious and sceptical traditions, including Florence Nightingale, T.H. Huxl...

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Main Author: Larsen, Timothy, 1967-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Anglo-Catholics : E.B. Pusey and Holy Scripture
  • Roman Catholics : Nicholas Wiseman and Sacred Scripture
  • Atheists : Charles Bradlaugh, Annie Besant, and 'this indictable book'
  • Methodist and Holiness : Catherine Booth, William Cooke, and the Scriptures
  • Liberal Anglicans : Florence Nightingale and the Bible
  • Unitarians : Mary Carpenter and the Sacred Writings
  • Quakers : Elizabeth Fry and 'Reading'
  • Agnostics : T.H. Huxley and bibliolatry
  • Evangelical Anglicans : Josephine Butler and the Word of God
  • Orthodox Old Dissent : C.H. Spurgeon and 'The Book'
  • Conclusion : Spiritualism, Judaism, and the Brethren : A people of one book.