Men, Masculinities and Religious Change in Twentieth-Century Britain

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Men, Masculinities and Religious Change in Post-Christian Britain....Pages 1-29
Buddhist Psychologies and Masculinity in Early Twentieth-Century Britain....Pages 30-53
‘The People of God Dressed for Dinner and Dancing’? English Catholic Masculinity, Religious Sociability and the Catenian Association....Pages 54-89
‘To Their Credit as Jews and Englishmen’: Services for Youth and the Shaping of Jewish Masculinity in Britain, 1890s–1930s....Pages 90-118
‘Be Strong and Play the Man’: Anglican Masculinities in the Twentieth Century....Pages 119-145
The Emergence of a British Hindu Identity between 1936 and 1937....Pages 146-167
‘Iron Strength and Infinite Tenderness’: Herbert Gray and the Making of Christian Masculinities at War and at Home, 1900–40....Pages 168-196
Moral Welfare and Social Well-Being: The Church of England and the Emergence of Modern Homosexuality....Pages 197-217
Why Examine Men, Masculinities and Religion in Northern Ireland?....Pages 218-251
British Pakistani Masculinities: Longing and Belonging....Pages 252-278
‘Laboratories’ of Gender? Masculinities, Spirituality and New Religious Movements in Late Twentieth-Century Britain....Pages 279-300
Men Losing Faith: The Making of Modern No Religionism in the UK, 1939–2010....Pages 301-325
Back Matter....Pages 326-335