Anglicanism and the British Empire, C.1700-1850

Between 1700 and 1850 the Church of England was the among the most powerful and influential religious, social, and political forces in Britain. This was also a momentous time for the British Empire, during which it developed and then lost the North American colonies, extended into India, and
settled the colonies of Australia and New Zealand. Public understanding of this expanding empire was influentially created and promulgated by the Church of England as a consequence of its missionary engagement with these colonies, and its role in providing churches for British settlers. Rowan Strong
examines how that Anglican Christian understanding of the British Empire shaped the identities both of the people living in British colonies in North America, Bengal, Australia, and New Zealand during this period - including colonists, indigenous peoples, and Negro slaves - and of the English in
Britain.


Author: Rowan Strong
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/01/2007
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d
ISBN: 9780199218042

About the Author

Rowan Strong is Senior Lecturer in Church History, Murdoch University, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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