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Summary:

"When writer and media personality Malcolm Muggeridge unexpectedly converted to Christianity in the 1960s, fans around the world flocked to his devotional writings and television programs about his spiritual journey. Because Muggeridge was critical of institutional Christianity and initially refused to join a church, he inspired a special affinity in those who were disillusioned with mainstream religious authority. Readers from around the world sent him deeply personal letters describing their spiritual and religious lives, revealing their anxieties, doubts, and hopes about the future of Christianity. In Searching for God in Britain and Beyond, David Reagles draws on nearly two thousand of these remarkable fan letters to explore the thoughts and feelings of ordinary Christians in a time of cultural and religious upheaval. In these candid letters, Muggeridge's correspondents wrestled with their experiences of faith and doubt, the value of institutional religion, uncertainties about permissiveness in society, the proper role of Christian social activism, and the forces of secularism. For these fans and skeptics alike, reading and writing were a vital means of working out their religious identities and convictions amid the supposed decline of Christendom. Searching for God in Britain and Beyond provides a rare and fascinating glimpse into the inner worlds of ordinary Christians in the 1960 and 1970s, revealing how the secularization of postwar society felt to average people."-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Reading and Writing as Self-Discovery
• 2. Recalibrating Religious Authority
• 3. Reading Religious Decline
• 4. Reading for Social Engagement
• 5. Reading Muggeridge in Plural Societies
• 6. Conclusion.

Author/Creator:

Reagles, David G. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Searching for God in Britain and beyond: reading letters to Malcolm Muggeridge, 1966-1982 [by Reagles, D.G.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Searching for God in Britain and beyond [by Reagles, D.G.] (Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 — ISBN 0228008816; ISBN 9780228008811)

Subjects:

Muggeridge, Malcolm, 1903-1990 — Religion

Muggeridge, Malcolm, 1903-1990 — Correspondence

Christians — Great Britain — Correspondence

Christian life — Great Britain — History — 20th century

Authors and readers — Great Britain — History — 20th century

Great Britain — Religious life and customs

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 13, 2022).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

BR743.3 .R43 2021eb

ISBNs:

9780228010081 (electronic book)
022801008X (electronic book)
9780228010074 (electronic book)
0228010071 (electronic book)
9780228008811 (hardcover) [Invalid]
0228008816 (hardcover) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1262565681

Other Control Numbers:

EBC6836987 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp17778822