Contents:
Preface. --
1. Eighteenth-century Quakerism: the move towards a stable and organized society / Margaret E. Gayner --
2. The founding of the London Missionary Society and the West Midlands / Alan Argent --
3. 'A finished monster of the true Birmingham breed ': Birmingham, Unitarians and the 1791 Priestley riots / David L. Wykes --
4. Elite and proletariat in nineteenth-century Birmingham nonconformity / John H.Y. Briggs --
5. R.W. Dale and the 'civic gospel' / David M. Thompson --
6. The contribution of the Welsh nonconformist diaspora in the West Midlands of England / W. Eifion Powell --
7. Bourne College: a primitive Methodist educational venture / E. Dorothy Graham --
Index of persons. --
Index of places and places of worship. --
Select index of subjects.
Language
English
Pages
192
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Keele University Press
Release
September 04, 1996
ISBN
1853311731
ISBN 13
9781853311734
Protestant Noncomformists and the West Midlands of England
Contents:
Preface. --
1. Eighteenth-century Quakerism: the move towards a stable and organized society / Margaret E. Gayner --
2. The founding of the London Missionary Society and the West Midlands / Alan Argent --
3. 'A finished monster of the true Birmingham breed ': Birmingham, Unitarians and the 1791 Priestley riots / David L. Wykes --
4. Elite and proletariat in nineteenth-century Birmingham nonconformity / John H.Y. Briggs --
5. R.W. Dale and the 'civic gospel' / David M. Thompson --
6. The contribution of the Welsh nonconformist diaspora in the West Midlands of England / W. Eifion Powell --
7. Bourne College: a primitive Methodist educational venture / E. Dorothy Graham --
Index of persons. --
Index of places and places of worship. --
Select index of subjects.