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Bishop Burgess and his World Bishop Burgess and his World
Culture, Religion and Society in Britain, Europe and North America in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Genre(s):
Biography, History
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June 2007 ·
288 pages
·216x138mm
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Hardback - 9780708320754
English author and philosopher, Bishop Thomas Burgess' career was concerned with advocating for the emancipation of slaves and evangelistic work among the poor. This book uses his life as a starting point to uncover the links between the academic, religious and social cultures of Britain, Europe and North America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Author(s):
Nigel Yates
Nigel Yates is Senior Research Fellow in Modern Church History at the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter, and Director of the Department's Research Centre. He is also Provincial Archives Adviser to the Church in Wales and former County Archivist of Kent and City Archivist of Portsmouth. The pre-Reformation section of the introduction is written by Dr. Jonathan Wooding, Senior Lecturer in Medieval Church History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Religion in Celtic Societies, University of Wales, Lampeter.
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