Cities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

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David Gange (University of Birmingham) Michael Ledger-Lomas (King's College London)

Cities of God

The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

David Gange (University of Birmingham), Michael Ledger-Lomas (King's College London)

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Cambridge University Press
15 September 2016

Historical geography; Biblical archaeology; History of religion; Church history

The history of archaeology is generally told as the making of a secular discipline. In nineteenth-century Britain, however, archaeology was enmeshed with questions of biblical authority and so with religious as well as narrowly scholarly concerns. In unearthing the cities of the Eastern Mediterranean, travellers, archaeologists and their popularisers transformed thinking on the truth of Christianity and its place in modern cities. This happened at a time when anxieties over the unprecedented rate of urbanisation in Britain coincided with critical challenges to biblical truth. In this context, cities from Jerusalem to Rome became contested models for the adaptation of Christianity to modern urban life. Using sites from across the biblical world, this book evokes the appeal of the ancient city to diverse groups of British Protestants in their arguments with one another and with their secular and Catholic rivals about the vitality of their faith in urban Britain.

Edited by: David Gange (University of Birmingham), Michael Ledger-Lomas (King's College London)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 170mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 660g
ISBN: 9781316625651
ISBN 10: 1316625656
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 15 September 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Gange is a Lecturer in History at the University of Birmingham. He is author of Dialogues with the Dead: Egyptology in British Culture and Religion (2013). Michael Ledger-Lomas is Lecturer in the History of Christianity at King's College London. He is editor, with Scott Mandelbrote, of Dissent and the Bible, c.1650–1950 (2013).

Reviews for Cities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

'Present day travellers to the Holy Land … will certainly be able to broaden their knowledge.' Church Times

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Cities of God

The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

David Gange (University of Birmingham), Michael Ledger-Lomas (King's College London)

$71.95

Paperback

Reviews for Cities of God: The Bible and Archaeology in Nineteenth-Century Britain

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