Churches and Chapels
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23457606 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Connelly (0000-0003-1040-8678, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 529-543 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of Industrial Archaeology (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199693962.013.33 |
| OpenAlex | W4224320199 |
| ISBN | 9780199693962 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Churches and chapels form an indelible mark on the landscapes of Britain’s industrial cities. They were built in huge numbers by the major Christian denominations in order to compete with one another and to attract the working classes to religion. Industrial archaeologists have, however, largely ignored the material provision of Christianity in the lives of ordinary people whether they attended for religious worship or to take part in the myriad of social activities that many churches and chapels provided. This chapter looks at the different approaches taken by the Nonconformist organizations—such as the Wesleyan Methodists and the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA)—to provide both spiritual and leisure activities for the working classes in Britain’s industrial cities with unique building types that, materially, responded more to the industrial cities they were placed in than they did to religion.
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |