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Evangelicalism and the Early Vegetarian Movement in Britain c.1847–1860 *
Author(s) -
MILLER IAN
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of religious history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.117
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9809
pISSN - 0022-4227
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2010.01032.x
Subject(s) - movement (music) , historiography , period (music) , history , religious belief , sociology , environmental ethics , genealogy , gender studies , social science , political science , law , aesthetics , epistemology , philosophy
This article explores the complex inter‐relationship between evangelicalism and the formation of an organised vegetarian movement in Britain in the period 1847–1860. As well as adding insight into existing historical research into the diet, I will comment on the potential of evangelicalism's influence to reach into various areas of society, a claim that has often been contested in the existing historiography. I will explore the manner by which religious belief interacted with medico‐scientific views pertaining to diet; and how it penetrated views on the role of diet to family life.