title: Evangelicalism and the early vegetarian movement in Britain c.1847–1860.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University College Dublin.
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history; D003466:Cultural Characteristics / Q000266:history; D014676:Diet, Vegetarian / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D005192:Family Health / Q000208:ethnology; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D012067:Religion / Q000266:history; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012070:Religion and Science; D012933:Social Identification; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000208:ethnology