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Culture, spirituality and the brethren / Edited by Neil T.R. Dickson and T.J. Marinello

Contributor(s): Series: Studies in brethren historyPublication details: Troon, Ayrshire, UK : Brethren Archivists and Historians Network 2014.Description: xvi, 344 p. ; illus. ; pbk ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780957017757
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 289.2/CUL
Contents:
Part 1. Contexts. 1. The loss of the psalter - the loss of Christian Devotion? / James M. Houston -- 2. Evangelicalism ad British culture / David Bebbington --
Part 2. Culture and the Brethren. 3. Brethren childhood as a historical pattern / Peter Lineham -- 4. Brethren buildings: exploring the built heritage of the movement / Tim Grass -- 5. Brethren and the armed services / Timothy C.F. Stunt -- 6. An emissary of the Plymouth brotherhood? Henry Varley's interactions with Australian society in the late nineteenth century / Elisabeth Wilson -- 7. The founding of the brethren in Flanders / T.J. Marinello -- 8. "Worldly and dangerous" : Brethren and culture in the mid-twentieth century / Neil T.R. Dickson -- 9. Novel doctrines, Doctrinal novels: F.A. Tatford and brethren prophecy fiction / Crawford Gribben -- 10. Modernising Capernaum,: A qualitative study of individualism and cosmopolitanism among brethren in the Faeroes / Rogvi Olavson -- 11. Local churches: embracing cultures and generations? / John Allan.
Part 3. Spirituality and the Brethren. 12. Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Little Flock : a sectarian hymnbook? / Roger N. Holden -- 13. Raptured, Rewarded and Reigning: The Hope of the Believer in The Gospel Hymnbook / Mark S. Sweetnam -- 14. The Spirituality of George Muller / Neil Summerton -- 15. "A peculiar charm": The story of George Muller of Bristol in mid-nineteenth century America / Darin D, Lenz -- 16. Brethren disenchantment : two portraits of faith and doubt / Neil T.R. Dickson -- 17. "Woe to me if I preach not the Gospel!" (I Cor.9:16) : Brethren spirituality in the mid-twentieth century / Beth Dickson -- 18. "Man's aald inheritance": Robert Rendall's sense of place / Neil T.R. Dickson.
Summary: It is impossible to understand the patterns of theological and ecclesiastical change without attention to the cultural context’, writes Professor David Bebbington in this book. The Brethren movement has often been associated with a hostile attitude to culture, but the chapters in this book also show that statements about the relationship of the movement to culture must be more finely nuanced. The second part of the book takes up this theme and offers pioneering studies of hymns and hymn books, individuals such as George Müller and Robert Rendall, and how the tensions of the mid-twentieth century affected spirituality.
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Part 1. Contexts.
1. The loss of the psalter - the loss of Christian Devotion? / James M. Houston --
2. Evangelicalism ad British culture / David Bebbington --

Part 2. Culture and the Brethren.
3. Brethren childhood as a historical pattern / Peter Lineham --
4. Brethren buildings: exploring the built heritage of the movement / Tim Grass --
5. Brethren and the armed services / Timothy C.F. Stunt --
6. An emissary of the Plymouth brotherhood? Henry Varley's interactions with Australian society in the late nineteenth century / Elisabeth Wilson --
7. The founding of the brethren in Flanders / T.J. Marinello --
8. "Worldly and dangerous" : Brethren and culture in the mid-twentieth century / Neil T.R. Dickson --
9. Novel doctrines, Doctrinal novels: F.A. Tatford and brethren prophecy fiction / Crawford Gribben --
10. Modernising Capernaum,: A qualitative study of individualism and cosmopolitanism among brethren in the Faeroes / Rogvi Olavson --
11. Local churches: embracing cultures and generations? / John Allan.

Part 3. Spirituality and the Brethren.
12. Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Little Flock : a sectarian hymnbook? / Roger N. Holden --
13. Raptured, Rewarded and Reigning: The Hope of the Believer in The Gospel Hymnbook / Mark S. Sweetnam --
14. The Spirituality of George Muller / Neil Summerton --
15. "A peculiar charm": The story of George Muller of Bristol in mid-nineteenth century America / Darin D, Lenz --
16. Brethren disenchantment : two portraits of faith and doubt / Neil T.R. Dickson --
17. "Woe to me if I preach not the Gospel!" (I Cor.9:16) : Brethren spirituality in the mid-twentieth century / Beth Dickson --
18. "Man's aald inheritance": Robert Rendall's sense of place / Neil T.R. Dickson.

It is impossible to understand the patterns of
theological and ecclesiastical change without attention
to the cultural context’, writes Professor David
Bebbington in this book.
The Brethren movement has often been associated
with a hostile attitude to culture, but the chapters in this
book also show that statements about the relationship of
the movement to culture must be more finely nuanced.
The second part of the book takes up this theme and
offers pioneering studies of hymns and hymn books,
individuals such as George Müller and Robert Rendall,
and how the tensions of the mid-twentieth century
affected spirituality.

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