Israelism in Modern Britain

di Aidan Cottrell-Boyce (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020

This book unpacks the history of British-Israelism in the UK. Remarkably, this subject has had very little attention: remarkable, because at its height in the post-war era, the British-Israelist movement could claim to have tens of thousands of card-carrying adherents and counted amongst its membership admirals, peers, television personalities, MPs and members of the royal family including the King of England. British-Israelism is the belief that the people of Britain are the descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel. It originated in the writing of a Scottish historian named John Wilson, who toured the country in the mid-Nineteenth Century. Providing a guide to the history of British-Israelism as a movement, including the formation of the British-Israel World Federation, Covenant Publishing, and other institutions, the book explores the complex ways in which British-Israelist thought mirrored developments in ethnic British nationalism during the Twentieth Century. A detailed study on the subject of British-Israelism is necessary, because British-Israelists constitute an essential element of British life during the most violent and consequential century of its history. As such, this will be a vital resource for any scholar of Minority Religions, New Religious Movements, Nationalism and British Religious History.

• Autore: Aidan Cottrell-Boyce
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge New Religions
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 240 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 620 gr.
• EAN: 9780367376673

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