The Christian Monitors : The Church of England and the Age of Benevolence, 1680-1730, Hardback Book

The Christian Monitors : The Church of England and the Age of Benevolence, 1680-1730 Hardback

Part of the The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History series

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This original and persuasive book examines the moral and religious revival led by the Church of England before and after the Glorious Revolution, and shows how that revival laid the groundwork for a burgeoning civil society in Britain.

After outlining the Church of England's key role in the increase of voluntary, charitable, and religious societies, Brent Sirota examines how these groups drove the modernization of Britain through such activities as settling immigrants throughout the empire, founding charity schools, distributing devotional literature, and evangelizing and educating merchants, seamen, and slaves throughout the British empire—all leading to what has been termed the “age of benevolence.”

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