Robert Eric Frykenberg
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199253487
- eISBN:
- 9780191698156
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199253487.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, World Modern History
This chapter examines the relations between Christian missions and the British Indian Empire or the British Raj. When missionaries gained access to East India their efforts brought counter-currents ...
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This chapter examines the relations between Christian missions and the British Indian Empire or the British Raj. When missionaries gained access to East India their efforts brought counter-currents of religious renewal, social reform, and the eventual rise of nationalism. The Christian missions often attracted their greatest followings where their connection to imperial authority was least in evidence. Thus, dissenting and non-British Christian missions succeeded while missions that were closely associated with the Anglican establishment faltered.Less
This chapter examines the relations between Christian missions and the British Indian Empire or the British Raj. When missionaries gained access to East India their efforts brought counter-currents of religious renewal, social reform, and the eventual rise of nationalism. The Christian missions often attracted their greatest followings where their connection to imperial authority was least in evidence. Thus, dissenting and non-British Christian missions succeeded while missions that were closely associated with the Anglican establishment faltered.
Stewart J. Brown
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780853239253
- eISBN:
- 9781846313202
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9780853239253.003.0002
- Subject:
- Political Science, UK Politics
This chapter discusses the connection between Gladstone and Scottish Presbyterian clergyman, Thomas Chalmers. During the mid–1830s, Gladstone and Chalmers were friends and political allies. Chalmers ...
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This chapter discusses the connection between Gladstone and Scottish Presbyterian clergyman, Thomas Chalmers. During the mid–1830s, Gladstone and Chalmers were friends and political allies. Chalmers was Britain's leading intellectual advocate of the establishment principle, a clergyman and university professor whose numerous publications argued for the necessity of an established church for social cohesion and harmony. Gladstone had been the rising hope of the Anglican establishment in parliament, a man who had entered politics with the professed aim of advancing church interests. Chalmers had viewed Gladstone as the leading parliamentary supporter of his plans for the co–ordinated defence and extension of the established churches throughout the United Kingdom. Gladstone had advised Chalmers' efforts to secure a parliamentary grant for church building in the Church of Scotland, and served as Chalmer' main channel of communication with the Conservative party leader, Sir Robert Peel.Less
This chapter discusses the connection between Gladstone and Scottish Presbyterian clergyman, Thomas Chalmers. During the mid–1830s, Gladstone and Chalmers were friends and political allies. Chalmers was Britain's leading intellectual advocate of the establishment principle, a clergyman and university professor whose numerous publications argued for the necessity of an established church for social cohesion and harmony. Gladstone had been the rising hope of the Anglican establishment in parliament, a man who had entered politics with the professed aim of advancing church interests. Chalmers had viewed Gladstone as the leading parliamentary supporter of his plans for the co–ordinated defence and extension of the established churches throughout the United Kingdom. Gladstone had advised Chalmers' efforts to secure a parliamentary grant for church building in the Church of Scotland, and served as Chalmer' main channel of communication with the Conservative party leader, Sir Robert Peel.
