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Prayer, providence and empire


Prayer, providence and empire

Special worship in the British World, 1783-1919
Studies in Imperialism, Band 173

von: Joseph Hardwick, Andrew Thompson, Alan Lester

124,99 €

Verlag: Manchester University Press
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 10.08.2021
ISBN/EAN: 9781526135414
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 288

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European settlers in Canada, Australia and South Africa said they were building ‘better Britains’ overseas. But their new societies were frequently threatened by devastating wars, rebellions, epidemics and natural disasters. It is striking that settlers turned to old traditions of collective prayer and worship to make sense of these calamities. At times of trauma, colonial governments set aside whole days for prayer so that entire populations could join together to implore God’s intervention, assistance or guidance. And at moments of celebration, such as the coming of peace, everyone in the empire might participate in synchronized acts of thanksgiving.
<i>Prayer, providence and empire</i> asks why occasions with origins in the sixteenth century became numerous in the democratic, pluralistic and secularised conditions of the ‘British world’.
This book examines the old traditions of communal prayer and contrition in the ‘new world’ contexts of Britain’s settler colonies in Canada, Australia and South Africa. In explaining why colonial governments summoned their peoples to worship in times of stress and celebration, this book provides a compelling look at the part played by traditional customs, practices and institutions in community formation.

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