Piety and Modernity

Third volume in the series Dynamics of Religious Reform Piety and Modernity examines the dynamics of religious reform from the point of view of piety and devotional life between 1780 and 1920 in Britain, Ireland, Scandinavia, Germany, and the Low Countries. The ‘long' nineteenth century saw the introduction of devotional organizations as a means of channeling popular religion. This era also witnessed the translation and publication of devotional books, journals, and pamphlets on a massive scale. This edited volume explores the nature of pious reforms in such areas as liturgy, saint cults, pilgrimage, confraternities, hymns, and Bible translation, with an emphasis on the changing patterns in religious expression at the collective and individual level, the growing influence of home missions, and the relations between piety and print culture. The interaction of piety and modernity is an important theme. While individual piety was often connected with the authority of church leaders and confessional teaching, the long nineteenth century gave rise to new forms of individualism, involving grassroots initiatives. This volume offers a rich overview of a range of interrelated national practices concerning piety in the nineteenth century.

Contributors
Ingunn Folkestad Breisteinn (Ansgar College and Theological Seminary, Kristiansand), Mary Heimann (University of Strathclyde), Janice Holmes (The Open University in Ireland), Anders Jarlert (Lund University), F.A. (Fred) van Lieburg (University Amsterdam), Hugh McLeod (University of Birmingham), Peter Jan Margry (Meertens Institute, Amsterdam), Tine Van Osselaer (University of Leuven), Bernhard Schneider (Trier University), Johs. Enggaard Stidsen (University of Copenhagen).

"Piety and Modernity" was edited by Anders Jarlert.

Anders Jarlert is Professor of Church History at Lund University (Sweden) and Vice President of the Commission Internationale d'Histoire et d'Etudes du Christianisme.

Yes, "Piety and Modernity" is part of the "Dynamics of Religious Reform" series. It's book 3 in the series.

This series examines processes of religious reform between 1780 and 1920 in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway.

Subseries of Kadoc Studies on Religion, Culture and Society

Publications in the series:

• Volume I: Political and Legal Perspectives
• Volume II: The Churches
• Volume III: Piety and Modernity
• Volume IV: Social Welfare

Editors-in-chief: Joris van Eijnatten and Nigel Yates †
Editorial Board: Jan de Maeyer, Joris van Eijnatten, Andreas Gestrich, Anders Jarlert, James Kennedy, Liselotte Malmgart, Peter Jan Margry, Keith Robbins, Nigel Yates †, Paula Yates

Contents

Introduction
Anders Jarlert

Bibliography

The United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland

Christian Piety in Britain during the 'Long' Nineteenth Century, c 1780-1920
Mary Heimann

Sport and the Reform of Piety in England. A Case Study
Hugh McLeod

The Reform of Piety in Ireland, 1780-1920
Janice Holmes

Bibliography

The Low Countries

Reform of Piety in the Southern Netherlands/Belgium
Tine Van Osselaer

Dutch Devotionalization
Reforming Piety: Grassroots Initiative or Clerical Strategy?
Peter Jan Margry

Reforming Dutch Protestant Piety, 1780-1920
Fred van Lieburg

Bibliography

Germany

Reform of Piety in German Catholicism, 1780-1920
Bernhard Schneider

Evangelical Germany
Anders Jarlert

Bibliography

The Nordic Countries

The Dynamics of Reform of Piety in Denmark, c 1780-1920
Johs. Enggaard Stidsen

Reform in Sweden
From Confessional Provincialism towards World Ecumenism
Anders Jarlert

Reform of Piety in Norway, 1780-1920
Ingunn Folkestad Breistein

Bibliography

Index

Map of Northern Europe c 1870

Authors

Colophon

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for "Piety and Modernity" is 10.11116/9789461660930.