William Temple: Church, State and Society in Britian, 1880-1950

by John Kent

2021-01-01 23:31:51

William Temple (1881-1944) was the outstanding British religious leader of the twentieth century. He believed that the ''modern state'' was incomplete without a modern Christian church, which should set the moral and political tone of the community. ... Read more
William Temple (1881-1944) was the outstanding British religious leader of the twentieth century. He believed that the ''modern state'' was incomplete without a modern Christian church, which should set the moral and political tone of the community. His political and religious best seller, Christianity and Social Order, which was published as a Penguin Special in 1942, was one of the sources of the wide support for the British welfare state of the 1950s. Temple was the most successful and controversial of British ''priests in politics'' because as an Archbishop he combined the idea of national unity rooted in a common set of religious/moral values with a constant demand for political change in the direction of greater social equality. He thus combined conservative and radical impulses to a remarkable degree. This is a study of Temple''s public life and policy in Britain, and of his part in the movement to unite the world''s Protestant churches. Less

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ohn Alexander "Johnny" Kent, DFC & Bar, AFC (23 June 1914 – 7 October 1985), nicknamed "Kentski" (sometimes given as "Kentowski") by his Polish comrades, was a Canadian fighter ace flying in the Roy...

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