Chapter title | Religion, Parliament, State and Nation since the Glorious Revolution |
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Authors | Catterall, Pippa |
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Editors | Cane, P. and Kumarasingham, H. |
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Abstract | This traces the gradual unravelling of the post-Reformation nexus between Church and State in the period following the Glorious Revolution and the formalising of Dissent. The period of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries is seen as a key hinge moment, both in terms of Church-State relations and of changing sensibilities about the role of religion in framing social and constitutional responsibilities. Trajectories from c.1830 are explored through three prisms:the 'guided retreat' from a close relationship between churchmanship and citizenship; the shift instead to religious organisations seeking spiritual autonomy; and a growing emphasis on what religion has to say about social and economic order. The chapter concludes by examining the state of constitutional relations between religion and the British state at the start of the twenty-first century in the context of developments such as the Equality Act 2010 and the Global War on Terror. |
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Keywords | Constitutional history |
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| Church and State |
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| Pluralism |
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| Church of England |
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| Citizenship |
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| Welfare State |
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| Religion and Politics |
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Book title | The Cambridge Constitutional History of the United Kingdom: volume 1 |
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Page range | 140-167 |
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Year | 2023 |
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Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
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Publication dates |
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Published | 21 Aug 2023 |
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Place of publication | Cambridge |
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ISBN | 9781009277754 |
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