Religious Origins of the British Welfare State : Social Reform Movements within the Church of England

第二次世界大战期间，坎特伯雷大主教威廉·坦普尔倡导建立英国福利国家的政策。他的活动得到了英国教会许多神职人员的支持。V.A.Demant就是其中之一。他属于盎格鲁-天主教派，主张恢复中世纪的行会制度，主张控告高利贷。在经济上，他加入了社会信用运动，并支持社区资金的想法，以提高当地社区人口的消费能力。这些条件构成了战后福利国家建设的宗教背景。

William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury during the Second World War, advocated the policies towards the establishment of the British Welfare State. His activities are supported by many clergymen of the Church of England. V.A.Demant was among them. He belonged to the Anglo-Catholic group and insisted the revival of the guild system of the medieval period with the notion of accusation of the usury. Economically, he joined the Social Credit Movement and supported the idea of the community money in order to boost the spending power of the population of a local community. These conditions were the religious background for the construction of the Welfare State in the postwar period.