[PDF] The Workmans Testimony To The Sabbath Or The Temporal Advantages Of That Day Of Rest Considered In Relation To The Working Classes Being The First Three Of Competing Essays On The Sabbath By Working Men Heavens Antidote To The Curse Of Labour eBook

Author : Craig Harline
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 24,20 MB
Release : 2011-09-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300167423

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The mere mention of "Sunday" will immediately conjure up a rich mix of memories, associations, and ideas for most anyone of any age. Whatever we think of-be it attending church, reading a bulky newspaper, eating brunch, or watching football-Sunday occupies a unique place in Western civilization. But how did we come to have a day with such a singular set of traditions? Here, historian Craig Harline examines Sunday from its ancient beginnings to contemporary America in a fascinating blend of stories and analysis. For the earliest Christians, the first day of the week was a time to celebrate the liturgy, observe the Resurrection, and work. But over time, Sunday in the Western world took on still other meanings and rituals, especially in the addition of both rest and recreation to the day's activities. Harline illuminates these changes in enlightening profiles of Sunday in medieval Catholic England, Sunday in the Reformation, and Sunday in nineteenth-century France-home of the most envied and sometimes despised Sunday of the modern world. He continues with moving portraits of soldiers and civilians trying to observe Sunday during World War I, examines the quiet Sunday of England in the 1930s, and concludes with the convergence of various European traditions in the American Sunday, which also adds some distinctly original habits of its own, such as in the realms of commerce and professional sports.With engaging prose and scholarly integrity, "Sunday" is an entertaining and long-overdue look at a significant hallmark of Western culture.

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Page : 210 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781331296690

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Excerpt from The Workman's Testimony to the Sabbath: Or, the Temporal Advantages of That Day of Rest Considered in Relation to the Working Classes; Being the First Three of One Thousand and Forty-Five Competing Essays on the Sabbath by Working Men About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.