Protestant dissent and philanthropy in Britain, 1660-1914 /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors:	Binfield, Clyde, 1940- (Editor), Ditchfield, G. M. (Editor), Wykes, David L. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, 2020.
Series:	Studies in modern British religious history ; 39.
Subjects:	Dissenters > Great Britain > History > 17th century. Dissenters > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Charities > Great Britain > History > 17th century. Charities > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Endowments > Great Britain > History > 17th century. Endowments > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Great Britain > Church history > 17th century. Great Britain > Church history > 18th century. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Dissent and charity, 1660-1720 / David L. Wykes
Dissenters and charity sermons, c.1700 to 1750 / Jennifer Farooq
John Howard, dissent and the early years of philanthropy in Britain / Hugh Cunningham
Rational philanthropy: Theory and practice in the emergence of British unitarianism, c.1750-1820 / G.M. Ditchfield
David Nasmith (1799-1839): Philanthropy expressed as campaigning / Stephen Orchard
Building philanthropy: The example of Joshua Wilson (1795-1874) / Clyde Binfield
Funding faith: Early Victorian Wesleyan philanthropy / David J. Jeremy
Unitarians and philanthropy after 1844: The formation of a denomination identity / Alan Ruston and David L. Wykes
Children and orphans: Some nonconformist responses to the vulnerable in Victorian Britain / John Briggs
The Rowntree family and the evolution of Quaker philanthropy, c.1880 to c.1920 / Mark Freeman
'Not slothful in business': Enriqueta Rylands and the John Rylands Library / Elizabeth Gow.