Description
Book SynopsisBased on a close analysis of nearly 2,000 fan letters written to Malcolm Muggeridge after his conversion to Christianity, this book reconstructs the lived religion of ordinary people from a transnational perspective in the 1970s. These letters provide a glimpse into the experiences and concerns of Western Christians after the religious crisis of the 1960s.
Trade Review"Through a close reading of Malcolm Muggeridge's fan mail, Searching for God in Britain and Beyond successfully places emotions at the heart of our understanding of the Western religious crisis of the late twentieth century. Reagles offers us fascinating insights into a textual community grappling with questions of identity, betrayal, and secularization." Sam Brewitt-Taylor, University of Oxford, author of Christian Radicalism in the Church of England and the Invention of the British Sixties, 1957–1970
"Reagles approach is robust, well informed, and insightful. He has uncovered a rich, illuminating and highly significant tranche of unexamined primary material which sustains this excellent exploration, and offers new perspectives into an arena of enduring controversy." Alana Harris, Kings College London, and author of The Schism of '68: Catholicism, Contraception and Humanae Vitae in Europe, 1945–1975
