With God on their Side
William Booth, The Salvation Army and Skeleton Army Riots
Erschienen am 31. März 2022
978-0-7188-9594-5 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The Salvation Army is nowadays viewed with fondness, but William Booth's evangelical crusade of the 1880s and early 1890s sparked violent riots led by an opposition group, the Skeleton Army. These riots caused destruction to property, injury to many people and, on occasion, loss of life. Spreading across the South and West of England, the Skeleton Army's aim was to eject Salvationists from their towns. Rather than facing repercussions themselves, however, it was often the peaceful parading Salvationists who were imprisoned.
In With God on Their Side, James Gardner follows the spread of violence in the context of the popular conservatism of late-Victorian England, with close study of particular towns creating a rich tapestry of historical narrative that will be of interest to scholars and enthusiasts alike. The motives and actions of both groups are considered, along with the subsequent shift in the Salvation Army's focus towards social welfare. It is this shift that enabled the organisation to grow into the treasured charity we know today, and helped transform William Booth from one of the most vilified men of the nineteenth century into its saint.
In With God on Their Side, James Gardner follows the spread of violence in the context of the popular conservatism of late-Victorian England, with close study of particular towns creating a rich tapestry of historical narrative that will be of interest to scholars and enthusiasts alike. The motives and actions of both groups are considered, along with the subsequent shift in the Salvation Army's focus towards social welfare. It is this shift that enabled the organisation to grow into the treasured charity we know today, and helped transform William Booth from one of the most vilified men of the nineteenth century into its saint.
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A very important piece of historical research.Dr Peter Jackson, formerly Senior Lecturer in History, University of Brighton
With God on Their Side is by far the most comprehensive account to date of the opposition faced by Salvationists in the south of England during the 1880s and early 1890s. Well-written, well-researched, and balanced in its assessments, James Gardner's book is required reading for anyone wishing to understand the Salvation Army's remarkable beginnings in Victorian Britain.
Andrew M. Eason, Associate Professor of Religion and Director of the Centre for Salvation Army Studies, Booth University College, Winnipeg, Canada
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Cambridge
Großbritannien
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James Clarke & Co Ltd
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2,26 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7188-9594-5 (9780718895945)
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James Gardner is a local historian, retired teacher and social worker. He gives regular talks to history and general interest groups along the South coast, and has previously written books on the history of the Sussex Lunatic Asylum (formerly St Francis Hospital, Haywards Heath), the Brighton Workhouses, the first two British Railway murders and a biography of the late Johnny Haynes, the ex-England football captain.
Inhalt
List of Illustrations
Author's Note
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction
1. The Salvation Army
2. Widespread Opposition and Prison
3. The Birth of the Skeleton Army, 1881
4. Hell in Honiton, 1882-84
5. London and the East End, 1882-83
6. Worthing, 1884
7. Brighton, 1884
8. Torquay, 1886-88
9. Chipping Norton, 1887-88
10. Eastbourne, 1891-92
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Author's Note
Acknowledgements
Prologue
Introduction
1. The Salvation Army
2. Widespread Opposition and Prison
3. The Birth of the Skeleton Army, 1881
4. Hell in Honiton, 1882-84
5. London and the East End, 1882-83
6. Worthing, 1884
7. Brighton, 1884
8. Torquay, 1886-88
9. Chipping Norton, 1887-88
10. Eastbourne, 1891-92
Conclusion
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
