Course 2405
Religious Movements in England from the Year 1689 to the Present

Reading List

I. Rise of Religious Rationalism and Deism
II. Evangelical Movement - Methodist Revival
III. Evangelical Movement - Religious Societies and Abolitionism
IV. Oxford Movement
V. Social Concerns of the Victorian Religion
VI. The Broad Church Party and the 'Secularism'
VII. Conflict and Debate between Religion and Science
VIII. Religious Pluralism and Secularisation in Modern Britain
IX. Glastonbury New Age
X. Neopaganism: Wicca and Druidry

BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

I. Rise of Religious Rationalism and Deism

  1. Penelope J. Corfield, "Georgian England: One State, Many Faiths", History Today (April 1995).
  2. John Toland (1670-1722), Christianity not Mysterious: Or, A Treatise Shewing, That There Is Nothing in the Gospel Contrary to Reason, Nor Above It: And That No Christian Doctrine Can Be Properly Call's A Mystery (1696).
  3. Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Of the Religion of Deism Compared with the Christian Religion.
  4. Thomas Paine (1737-1809), [from:] Essays on Religion, "A Letter to a Friend Regarding The Age of Reason" (Paris, May 12, 1797).
  5. Thomas Paine (1737-1809), Essays on Religion, "The Tower of Babel".
  6. David Hume (1711-1776), An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, "On Miracles" (1748).
  7. Voltaire (1694-1778), A Treatise on Toleration (1763).
  8. William Paley (1743-1805), Natural Theology; or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity (1802).
  9. Joseph Addison (1672-1719), The Spacious Firmament (1712).
  10. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), An Argument to Prove That the Abolishing of Christianity in England, May as Things Now Stand, Be Attended with Some Inconveniencies, and Perhaps Not Produce Those Many Good Effects Proposed Thereby (1708).

II. Evangelical Movement - Methodist Revival

  1. "John Brown's View of the Clergy", [from:] John Brown, An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times (1757-1758).
  2. John Wesley, The Character of a Methodist (c. 1742).
  3. John Wesley, Advice to a People Called Methodist (1745).
  4. "John Wesley on the aims and organization of the Methodist Societies", [from:] John Wesley, A Plain Account of the People called Methodists (1749).
  5. "The Evangelical Revival as illustrated in the activities of the Rev. John Newton" (1765-1774), [from:] The Letter from the Reverend John Newton to the Earl of Dartmouth.
  6. "A criticism of the Methodists, probably by Edmund Gibson, bishop of London" (ca. 1740), [from:] Edmund Gibson, Observations upon the Conduct and Behaviour of a Certain Sect, Usually distinguished by the Name of Methodists (ca. 1740).
  7. "Charles Wesley describes the trials of the Sheffield Methodists" (1743), [from:] Journal of the Rev. Charles Wesley.
  8. Extracts from John Wesley's Journal (1783-1789).
  9. Letter from Thomas Thompson to Wilberforce (Hull, 18 July 1791).
  10. Address of the Conference to the Methodist societies in Great Britain (7 Aug. 1819).

III. Evangelical Movement - Religious Societies and Abolitionism

  1. "William Wilberforce on the Evangelical Movement" (1797), [from:] William Wilberforce, Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians in the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country, contrasted with Real Christianity (1797).
  2. Letter of Lord Liverpool to the bishop of Bristol (19 March 1821).
  3. Receipts of the principal religious charities in London, for the year ending Lady Day, 1821 (The Scotsman, 21 July, 1821).
  4. British and Foreign Bible Society (Advertisement in the Pamphleteer 6, 1815).
  5. Debate in the House of Lords on the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (18 March 1828).
  6. "Mrs. Trimmer on the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge".
  7. Nicholas Vansittart's second letter to the Rev. Dr. Marsh, occasioned by his inquiry into the consequences of neglecting to give the prayer book with the Bible, 23 March 1812 (The Pamphleteer).
  8. "Clarkson on the Slave Trade", [from:] T. Clarkson, History of the Abolition of the Slave Trade (1808).
  9. Debates in the House of Commons on the slave trade (12 and 21 May 1789).
  10. Letter of Richard Ryder to his brother Lord Harrowby (21 Feb. 1807).
  11. The Anti-Slavery Society's address to the Nation (7 July 1830).

IV. Oxford Movement

  1. The Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts (1828).
  2. The Roman Catholic Relief Act (1829).
  3. John Henry Newman (1801-90), "Thoughts on the Ministerial Commission", Tracts for the Times, no. 1.
  4. John Henry Newman (1801-90), "Remarks on Certain Passages in the Thirty-Nine", Tracts for the Times, no. 90.
  5. Bishop Bagot's charge of May 1842 to the Clergy of the Oxford Diocese, on Tractarianism and Tract 90.
  6. Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman, Letter "Out of the Flaminian Gate" (1850).
  7. Lord John Russell's letter to the bishop of Durham on papal aggression (Nov. 1850).
  8. Ecclesiastical Titles Act (1851).

V. Social Concerns of the Victorian Religion

  1. John Angell James (1785-1859), "On Anxiety about Salvation" (1834), [from:] The Anxious Inquirer after Salvation Directed and Encouraged (1834).
  2. John Joseph Halcombe (1832-1910), "On Church Extension" (1874), [from:] The Church and Her Curates: A Series of Essays on the Need for More Clergy and the Best Means of Supporting Them (1874).
  3. John Gott (1830-1906), "On the Parish Priest of the Town" (1887), [from:] The Parish Priest of the Town: Lectures Delivered in the Divinity School, Cambridge (1887).
  4. Charles Maurice Davies (1828-1910), "On Father Stanton on St Albans's" (1873), [from:] Orthodox London; or, Phases of Religious Life in the Church of England (1874-75).
  5. Charles Maurice Davies (1828-1910), "On 'Moody-and-Sankeyism'" (1875), [from:] Orthodox London; or, Phases of Religious Life in the Church of England (1874-75).
  6. Anon., "Home Mission Work in the East of London" (1875), [from:] Wesleyan Methodist Magazine (Jan. 1875).
  7. William Booth (1829-1912), "Darkest England and the Way Out" (1890), [from:] In Darkest England and the Way Out (1890).

VI. The Broad Church Party and the 'Secularism'

  1. Benjamin Jowett (1817-93), "On the Interpretation of Scripture" (1860), [from:] Essays and Reviews (1860).
  2. John William Colenso (1814-1883), "On the Pentateuch" (1860), [from:] The Pentateuch and Book of Joshua Critically Examined (1860).
  3. Leslie Stephen (1832-1904), "On the Influence of the Broad Church Party" (1870), [from:] Fraser's Magazine (March 1870).
  4. John Wordsworth (1843-1911), "On the Causes of Unbelief" (1881), [from:] The One Religion: Truth, Holiness, and Peace desired by the Nations, and revealed by Jesus Christ (1881).
  5. "Transcript of the Trial of George Jacob Holyoake" (1842), [from:] The Trial of George Jacob Holyoake, on an Indictment for Blasphemy, before Mr. Justice Erskine, and a Common Jury, at Gloucester, August the 15th, 1842.
  6. Lord Chief Justice Coleridge (1820-94), "Reg. v. Ramsay and Foote" (1883), Law Times Report, 48 (7 July 1883).

VII. Conflict and Debate between Religion and Science

  1. Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species [excerpts] (1859).
  2. Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man (1871).
  3. Samuel Wilberforce, "On Darwin's Origin of Species" (1860).
  4. J. H. Gladstone, Points of Supposed Collision Between the Scriptures and Natural Science (1872).
  5. St. George Jackson Mivart (1827-1900), On the Genesis of the Species (1871).
  6. Joseph Baylee (1808-83), "On Genesis and Geology" (1857), [from:] Genesis and Geology: The Holy Word of God defended from its Assailants (1857).
  7. Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), "On Men of Science and Human Origins" (1860), [from:] "On Species and Races, and their Origin", The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley (1890).
  8. Frederick William Farrar (1831-1903), "The Attitude of the Clergy Towards Science" (1868), [from:] Contemporary Review, 9 (Dec. 1868).

VIII. Religious Pluralism and Secularisation in Modern Britain

  1. Paul Badham, "Religious Pluralism", in: Gilley, S., Sheils, W. J. (eds.). A History of Religion in Britain. Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present, Oxford - Cambridge, Mass. 1994.
  2. Alan D. Gilbert, "Secularization and the Future", in: Gilley, S., Sheils, W. J. (eds.). A History of Religion in Britain. Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present, Oxford - Cambridge, Mass. 1994.
  3. Eileen Barker, "New Religious Movements. Their Incidence and Significance", in: Wilson, Bryan and Cresswell, Jamie (eds.), New Religious Movements. Challenge and Response, Routledge, London and New York 2001.

IX. Glastonbury New Age

  1. Stanisław A. Wargacki SVD, "New Age", w: Henryk Zimoń SVD (red.), Religia w świecie współczesnym. Zarys problematyki religiologicznej, TN KUL, Lublin 2001.
  2. "The Glastonbury Scene" (Chapter 2), in: Ruth Prince and David Riches, The New Age in Glastonbury. The Construction of Religious Movements, Berghahn Books, New York and Oxford 2000.

X. Neopaganism: Wicca and Druidry

  1. Margaret Alice Murray (1863-1963), "Introduction to The Witch-Cult in Western Europe. A Study in Anthropology" (1921).
  2. Gerard Gardner (1884-1964), Excerpts from The Book of Shadows: "The Initiation - First Degree" (1949), "Casting the Circle" (1949), "Power" (1953), "To Leave the Body" (1953), "The Working Tools" (1953).
  3. Principles of Wiccan Beliefs (Council of American Witches, 1974).
  4. Keepers of the Ancient Mysteries (K.A.M.), An Introduction to Traditional Wicca (1987).
  5. A Pledge to Pagan Spirituality (1960)
  6. Daven, "Druidism and Wicca: A Comparison" (2003).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sourcebooks:

  1. Douglas, David C. (ed.). English Historical Documents. Vols. I-VIII. London 1968.
  2. James R. Moore (ed.), Religion in Victorian Britain, Vol. III "Sources", Manchester University Press, Manchester and New York 1988.

Selected secondary sources:

  1. Gilley, S., Sheils, W. J. (eds.). A History of Religion in Britain. Practice and Belief from Pre-Roman Times to the Present, Oxford - Cambridge, Mass. 1994.
  2. Prince, Ruth and Riches, David, The New Age in Glastonbury. The Construction of Religious Movements, Berghahn Books, New York and Oxford 2000.
  3. Wilson, Bryan and Cresswell, Jamie (eds.), New Religious Movements. Challenge and Response, Routledge, London and New York 2001.
  4. Zimoń, Henryk SVD (red.), Religia w świecie współczesnym. Zarys problematyki religiologicznej, TN KUL, Lublin 2001.

Paweł Rutkowski