From Religion to Revolution
Theologies of Secularisation in the British Student Christian Movement, 1963–1973
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10091014 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sam Brewitt-Taylor (0000-0002-6156-186X, Lincoln College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 792-811 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Ecclesiastical History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0469 • E-ISSN: 1469-7637 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022046914001237 |
| OpenAlex | W2564579883 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
The collapse of the British Student Christian Movement in the long 1960s is conventionally ascribed to its mimicking of student radicalism at a time of increasing secularisation. Yet analysis of the SCM's rhetoric demonstrates that in the early 1960s the movement imagined a religious crisis when student Christianity was still strong. By embracing a theological vision of ‘secularisation’, which demanded the deliberate transposition of Christian eschatologies into secular form, the SCM embarked on an early, original and influential journey into political radicalism. In this way, the SCM made a significant contribution to British student radicalism in the late 1960s
Aesthetics · Christianity · Movement (music · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Secularization · Sociology · Theology · Historical and Political Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |