Rival Jerusalems The Geography of Victorian Religion [Paperback]

A complete geography of religion in England and Wales, including exhaustive analyses of many religious questions and debates.This pioneering book, exhaustive in the scope of its computerised analysis, explores many aspects of the geography of religion in England and Wales. It describes the geographical patterns of the major English and Welsh religious denominations, before moving on to explore issues such as regional continuities in religion, the growth of religious pluralism, Sunday schools, child labour, religious seating prerogatives, the effects of landownership, urbanisation and regional 'secularisation'. It bears especially upon the disciplines of history, historical and cultural geography, religious sociology, and religious studies.This pioneering book, exhaustive in the scope of its computerised analysis, explores many aspects of the geography of religion in England and Wales. It describes the geographical patterns of the major English and Welsh religious denominations, before moving on to explore issues such as regional continuities in religion, the growth of religious pluralism, Sunday schools, child labour, religious seating prerogatives, the effects of landownership, urbanisation and regional 'secularisation'. It bears especially upon the disciplines of history, historical and cultural geography, religious sociology, and religious studies.This pioneering book, exhaustive in the scope of its computerized analysis, explores many aspects of the geography of religion in England and Wales. It describes the geographical patterns of the major English and Welsh religious denominations, before moving on to explore issues such as regional continuities in religion, the growth of religious pluralism, Sunday schools, child labor, religious seating prerogatives, the effects of landownership, urbanization and regional secularization. It bears especially on the disciplines of history, historical and cultural geography, religious sociology, and religious studies.Introdl#