Background
Hugh McLeod was born in New York City, but while he was yet a boy his family removed to Macon, Georgia.
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The 1960s were a time of explosive religious change. In the Christian churches it was a time of innovation, from the 'new theology' and 'new morality' of Bishop Robinson to the evangelicalism of the Charismatic Movement, and of charismatic leaders, such as Pope John XXIII and Martin Luther King. But it was also a time of rapid social and cultural change when Christianity faced challenges from Eastern religions, from Marxism and feminism, and above all from new 'affluent' lifestyles. Hugh McLeod tells in detail, using oral history, how these movements and conflicts were experienced in England, but because the Sixties were an international phenomenon he also looks at other countries, especially the USA and France. McLeod explains what happened to religion in the 1960s, why it happened, and how the events of that decade shaped the rest of the 20th century.
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The late 19th and early 20th centuries were regarded in many western countries as a time of religious crisis. This was generally believed to be most acute in cities and especially among the working class. This book focuses on working class religion in three of the world's greatest cities in this period of crisis.
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Secularisation can mean many quite different things - rising unbelief, the privatisation of belief, weakening denominational identity, the development of a religiously neutral state. This book reveals both the many-sidedness of secularisation and the great unevenness with which it affected different areas of life. France is the classic example of the secularisation of society in the later nineteenth century. Church and school, then church and state, were separated. Town councils tore down crosses and banned processions. Teachers and doctors were seen as a new priesthood. Yet even in France things were not so simple. In the west, most people remained practising Catholics, and Lourdes demonstrated the continuing vitality of 'popular religion'. When we look at Germany and England, or compare Catholics with Protestants and Jews, the picture becomes even more complex. This book examines the nature and causes of religious change in the three countries, and the class, gender and regional differences within each.
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"Christendom" refers to a society where Christianity is essentially compulsory. Western Europe, however, has been gradually moving away from Christendom for more than two centuries towards a society where a great variety of religious and non-religious options are available and none is able to claim a privileged position. Written by historians, sociologists and theologians from six countries, and including chapters on most European countries, this study examines this process of increasing pluralism and its implication for the future.
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It might have been little more than an annotated bibliography. It is in fact an important independent study in its own right.' The Expository Times
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Hugh McLeod was born in New York City, but while he was yet a boy his family removed to Macon, Georgia.
From Georgia McLeod entered the United States Military Academy on September 1, 1831.
After his graduation, McLeod was commissioned as second lieutenant of the 3rd Infantry, but before joining his company at Fort Jessup, Louisiana, he visited Macon and accompanied the Georgia battalion on its journey to Texas as far as Columbus, Georgia. Fired with a desire to join the Texas revolution, he sent in his resignation, which took effect June 30, 1836. He then went to Texas, where he rapidly advanced to prominence. In December 1837, he became adjutant-general and continued as such until January 18, 1841, playing an important part in the Indian wars, particularly the Caddo expedition of 1838, the expulsion of the Cherokee in 1839, and the Comanche troubles of 1840. In 1841, President Lamar appointed him military head of the expedition sent to Santa Fé to open a trade route and peacefully extend Texas jurisdiction to the Rio Grande. On June 17, he received his commission as brigadier-general. A few days later six companies of soldiers and a band of merchants commenced the journey, without adequate knowledge or adequate equipment. Though delayed by the illness of McLeod and a shortage of provisions, the expedition pushed steadily across the prairies until the end of August, in spite of geographical uncertainty, the infidelity of their Mexican guide, and trouble with the Kiowa, who had been encouraged by Mexican officials. At the Quintufue, the party divided. Almost one hundred men went ahead; the rest, under McLeod, encamped until a guide arrived from the advance party in the middle of September. Joyously, McLeod advanced, only to meet Armijo's hostile army near Laguna Colorada. Treachery, the starving condition of the men, and his officers' insistence forced McLeod to surrender. The party was marched to San Miguel, where the other Texans, also prisoners, were held. All were then marched to distant Mexico City. Released, he returned to Galveston. He settled down to a quiet family life, holding several minor offices. He was a member of the Texas Congress, served again as adjutant-general in 1845-46, and later was a member of the state legislature. He may have been the Hugh McLeod who, when Matamoras was occupied by American troops in 1846, began to edit a newspaper there, the Republic of the Rio Grande. The editorials, advocating the establishment of an independent republic in the border states of Mexico, aroused the opposition of the military officials, who forced him to resign the editorship. Whether or not he was that editor he was in Galveston in November of that year and not taking part in the Mexican War. He was in 1850 a member of the company organized to construct the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railroad, the first railroad of Texas. In 1855, he was sent as a delegate to the southern commercial convention in New Orleans. He became interested in the Know-Nothing movement but returned to the Democratic fold in 1858. After Texas seceded from the Union he enlisted in the Confederate army. As lieutenant-colonel, he assisted in taking over the United States forts on the Rio Grande. Later, as colonel of the 16t Texas Infantry, he went to Dumfries, Va. , where he died in camp. His body was taken to Texas and buried in the state cemetery.
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(The 1960s were a time of explosive religious change. In t...)
a member of the Texas Congress
A fat, jovial man, McLeod was personally popular and highly esteemed locally but was chiefly known in state politics for his violent tirades against Sam Houston.
McLeod was married to Rebecca Johnson Lamar, who was the sister of Gazaway Lamar and the cousin of Mirabeau B. Lamar, president of Texas. They had one son, Cazneau.