Until well into this century, the clergy have acted as agents of a dominant Christian culture closely interwined with the state, but that supremacy never went unchallenged by laymen and women. Anticlericalism has taken many forms -- from revolutionary protest to intellectual debate --and the study of this phenomenon figures large in the present renewed interest in the relation of religion to a wider society. This ground-breaking book presents the first detailed examination of anticlericalism and its role in limiting the ...
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Until well into this century, the clergy have acted as agents of a dominant Christian culture closely interwined with the state, but that supremacy never went unchallenged by laymen and women. Anticlericalism has taken many forms -- from revolutionary protest to intellectual debate --and the study of this phenomenon figures large in the present renewed interest in the relation of religion to a wider society. This ground-breaking book presents the first detailed examination of anticlericalism and its role in limiting the influence of priests and ministers and in the process of secularisation. The main focus is on the established church, but the Roman Catholic and dissenting traditions are also covered. A comparative angle noting trends in Europe is featured throughout.
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