A people of one book the Bible and the Victorians Larsen, Timothy 1967- creator text bibliography Electronic books. enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2011 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (326 pages) 'A People of One Book' vividly recovers the lost world of the Victorians in which everyone thought, spoke and argued through scripture. Larsen presents individual case studies of well-known figures from different religious and sceptical traditions, including Florence Nightingale, T.H. Huxley, C.H. Spurgeon and Catherine Booth. Anglo-Catholics : E.B. Pusey and Holy Scripture -- Roman Catholics : Nicholas Wiseman and Sacred Scripture -- Atheists : Charles Bradlaugh, Annie Besant, and 'this indictable book' -- Methodist and Holiness : Catherine Booth, William Cooke, and the Scriptures -- Liberal Anglicans : Florence Nightingale and the Bible -- Unitarians : Mary Carpenter and the Sacred Writings -- Quakers : Elizabeth Fry and 'Reading' -- Agnostics : T.H. Huxley and bibliolatry -- Evangelical Anglicans : Josephine Butler and the Word of God -- Orthodox Old Dissent : C.H. Spurgeon and 'The Book' -- Conclusion : Spiritualism, Judaism, and the Brethren : A people of one book. Timothy Larsen. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-313) and index. e-uk--- Bible Influence Bible Influence Bible Great Britain Religion 19th century Grande-Bretagne Religion 19e siècle BIBLES General RELIGION Biblical Reference General RELIGION Biblical Reference Handbooks Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Religion Great Britain 1800-1899 fast BS475.3 .L37 2011eb 220.094109034 People of one book Larsen, Timothy, 1967- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011 (DLC) 2011280308 (OCoLC)656767536 9780191616051 0191616052 9780199570096 0199570094 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/7227 N$T 110816 20260318185130.4 in00005706794 eng