Christian Travelers Guide to Great Britain, The

by Irving Hexham

Visitors can become pilgrims with John Bunyan in his beloved Bedford, and see where John Wesley preached against slavery and converted thousands. Original.

Genres: Travel

Paperback

First published April 1, 2001

About the author

Irving Hexham (born 1943) is a Canadian academic and writer who has published twenty-three books and numerous articles, chapters, and book reviews in respected academic journals. Currently, he is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, married to Dr. Karla Poewe who is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Calgary. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship.

Hexham was born in Whitehaven, Cumberland, England. After leaving school at the age of fifteen he spent six years (1958–1964) as an apprentice gas fitter with the North Western Gas Board, and obtained his City and Guilds and advanced diplomas in Gas Technology. After the completion of his apprenticeship he was offered a management position with the Gas Board. During his industrial career he also served as a union representative.

Hexham qualified for university matriculation by correspondence study and entered the University of Lancaster in 1967 where he majored in Religious Studies with minors in History and Philosophy. He graduated with a B.A.(Hons) in 1970. He then proceeded to post-graduate studies, obtaining his MA "with commendation" in religious studies and theology from the Bristol University in 1972. His MA was based on anthropological methods and theories and involved a short dissertation on Glastonbury. He obtained a PhD in History from the University of Bristol in 1975. His PhD thesis was on Afrikaner Calvinism and the origins of apartheid as an ideology. In the course of his studies he lived in the Republic of South Africa and studied the languages of German and Afrikaans. His MA supervisor was F.B. Welbourn; his PhD supervisor was Kenneth Ingham. When he was in South Africa Elaine Botha at Potchefstroom University was appointed his local supervisor by the University of Bristol.

Reviews

[John Matthew IV]

Great guide to Christian sites in Great Britain. It needs an index.

p. 13: Battle of Dyrham, near modern Bath, in 577
p. 15: Malcolm III defeated Macbeth and became King of Scotland
p. 19: Cromwell defeated Charles II in a battle near Dunbar. Charles fled to France.
p. 21: 1707 Act of Union
p. 21: 1746 Battle of Culloden

ARCHITECTURE STYLES
p. 43: Early Churches (to 800)
p. 44: Romanesque Style (9th - 13th Century) - Durham Cathedral
p. 45: Gothic Style (12th - 16th Century) - Salisbury Cathedral
* Early English
* Middle or Pointed
* Perpendicular
p. 46: British Baroque (15th - 18th Century) - St. Paul's Cathedral
p. 47: Neoclassical (18th - 19th Century) - Somerset House, London
p. 48 Neo-Gothic (18th - 19th Century) - House of Commons, London