This book unpacks the history of British-Israelism in the UK. Remarkably, this subject has had very little attention: remarkable, because at its height in the post-war era, the British-Israelist movement could claim to have tens of thousands of card-carrying adherents and counted amongst its membership admirals, peers, television personalities, MPs and members of the royal family including the King of England.
British-Israelism is the belief that the people of Britain are the descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel. It originated in the writing of a Scottish historian named John Wilson, who toured the country in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Providing a guide to the history of British-Israelism as a movement, including the formation of the British-Israel World Federation, Covenant Publishing, and other institutions, the book explores the complex ways in which British-Israelist thought mirrored developments in ethnic British nationalism during the Twentieth Century.
A detailed study on the subject of British-Israelism is necessary, because British-Israelists constitute an essential element of British life during the most violent and consequential century of its history. As such, this will be a vital resource for any scholar of Minority Religions, New Religious Movements, Nationalism and British Religious History.
British-Israelism is the belief that the people of Britain are the descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel. It originated in the writing of a Scottish historian named John Wilson, who toured the country in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Providing a guide to the history of British-Israelism as a movement, including the formation of the British-Israel World Federation, Covenant Publishing, and other institutions, the book explores the complex ways in which British-Israelist thought mirrored developments in ethnic British nationalism during the Twentieth Century.
A detailed study on the subject of British-Israelism is necessary, because British-Israelists constitute an essential element of British life during the most violent and consequential century of its history. As such, this will be a vital resource for any scholar of Minority Religions, New Religious Movements, Nationalism and British Religious History.
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9780367376673
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-0-367-37667-3
- Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
- Erscheinungstermin: 01.09.2020
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2020
- Serie: Routledge New Religions
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 499 g
- Seiten: 246
- Format (B x H x T): 165 x 239 x 20 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
Themen
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Christentum, Christliche Theologie
- Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften
- Religionswissenschaft
- Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
- Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit