Monarchy, religion and the state: Civil religion in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and the Commonwealth: NORMAN BONNEY; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Secularisation, religion and the state; 2. The evolution of the accession and coronation oaths; 3. The installation and potential power of a new sovereign; 4. What a day for England! The coronation of 1953; 5. Parliamentary devolution, church establishment and new state religion in the UK; 6. The next coronation: civil religion in the making.
7. UK state Anglican multifaithism and the Protestant monarchy8. Monarchy and religion in Canada, Australia and the Commonwealth; References; Index.
Summary
Explores current religious features of the monarchy and the state that seem increasingly anachronistic in more secular and more religiously diverse societies.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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