Religion and the Great Exhibition of 1851 / Geoffrey Cantor.
Published / Created:
Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2011.New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
xi, 226 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Online book version
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596676.001.0001
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-217) and index.
Contents:
Introduction. The religious landscape in 1851-- Fears and dangers. Religion under siege : the threat from-and to-foreigners ; Protestantism under siege : the threat from Catholicism ; Biblical prophecies : the Tower of Babel and Belshazzar's Feast -- Preparing for the exhibition. Organizing the Exhibition ; The prize essay competition ; Guides to London and the Exhibition ; The opening ceremony -- Religious organizations. Religious services and other facilities for visitors ; Publications directed at visitors ; Religious societies as exhibitors -- On display : the building, its contents, and English Protestantism. The Crystal Palace ; Its contents ; Protestantism on display -- Things seen and unseen. Things seen : "the Earth is the Lord's" ; Things unseen : "love not the world" -- Catholic, secular, and Jewish perceptions. Roman Catholic reactions ; The secular temple ; Jewish responses -- Paradise regained. Compensating for Babel ; The unity of nations, progress, and the millennium ; Internationalism and pacifism ; The 1851 Peace Congress -- The Exhibition : close and retrospect. The closing ceremonies ; Religious diversity.
Subject Terms:
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) | Religion and science -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.