Betjeman: Writing the Public Life

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237 s Index Adams, Henry, 184 Agapemonites, 70, 203n38 Allchin, A. M., 11, 91 Allsop, Kenneth, 52, 83 Amis, Kingsley, 191n23, 193n33 Amory, Mark, 200n99 Andrews, Michael Cameron, 192n26 Anglicanism, 2–3, 21, 89–90, 188n5; catholicity of, 10, 15–16, 18, 32, 44, 47–48, 159, 168, 188n5; diversity and unity, 3, 5, 10–11, 47, 86, 160, 162–63, 168, 175; English cultural identity, 3–4, 11, 16–17, 44, 48, 155–56, 160–63, 182–84; Eucharist, 13, 18, 20, 40, 53, 89, 109, 118, 165, 175, 184; Holy Communion, 10, 13, 19, 21–22, 25–26, 31, 99–100, 118, 162; incarnational theology, 3, 13, 20, 33–35, 87–91, 100, 103–5, 109–16, 184–85; poetry of, 2–5, 11, 90; rationality, 21–22, 81–82, 90, 101; respect for doubt, 3, 11, 25, 37, 54, 79–81, 184; spiritual mystery, 3–4, 10, 13, 20–21, 25, 29, 37, 85–91, 99–103, 107–9, 112, 116–19, 156, 171, 184; tolerance and intolerance, 37, 81, 122, 160, 177–79; worship, 3, 16–22, 33–34, 88, 92–93, 95, 101, 114, 160, 167, 172, 174, 209n88; see also Anglo-Catholicism; Book of Common Prayer; Church of England; Protestantism Anglo-Catholicism, 15, 18–20, 30–32, 44, 46–48, 70, 92, 99, 101, 112, 160, 178–79, 181, 207n45, 208n62 Appleton, George, 195n32 Arnold, Matthew, 113–14 Auden, W. H., 3–5, 11, 125, 137, 188n8, 191n24, 193n33 Awdry, W. V., 221n56 Bale, John, x, 190n22 Barnes, Anne, 198n63 Barnes, Anthony, 94, 195n28, 206n31 Barnes, George, 166, 206n31 Bayley, John, 190–91n22 Bell, Alan, 187n2 Betjeman, Bess, 17, 57, 70, 93, 181 Betjeman, Ernest, 56, 67, 146–47, 181, 202n32, 215n80 Betjeman, John: accolades and awards, 6; “Agnostic Christian,” 15, 23, 25; Anglican poet, 2–4, 9–11; architectural writer, 5, 11, 28, 35, s 238 Index 127, 135, 192n30; birth and baptism , 25; centenary celebrations, 1, 5, 8, 187n3, 193n34, 200n99; childhood, 17, 27, 52, 55–58, 62–63, 72–73, 91–95, 104, 108, 111–12, 119, 128–29, 139–40, 144–46, 149, 187n2, 206n36; church bells, 12, 26, 59, 74–79, 85–86, 104–6, 158, 161–68; critical reception, 1, 8–9, 190n22, 191n24, 192n26; death and burial, 25, 119, 209n86; Englishness and English identity, 1, 4, 6–7, 16–17, 47–48, 133, 156–59, 168, 190n22; fear of dying, 16, 22, 27, 51–63, 66, 68, 73, 78; high church Anglicanism , 15–16, 18–20, 30–31, 167; hospital ministry, 26–27, 60; hymnsinging , 8, 28, 70–72, 110, 167–68, 201n107, 218n27; involvement in church life, 25–26, 28, 167; literary connections, 3–5, 9, 11, 16–17, 23, 41–48, 188n8, 191n23, 193n33; marriage and marital problems, 25, 31–32, 37–46, 58–59, 200n99; modernism , 2, 3, 8–9, 32, 127–37, 147–52, 161–64, 187–88n4, 192nn29–30, 207n51, 212n29, 213n38, 214n51; pleasures of Anglican aesthetics, 2, 4, 18–19, 28–30, 33–34, 44, 48, 92, 157, 160–62, 173–74, 181; poetic technique, 8–9; politics, 1, 24, 128–37, 143–44, 147–53, 158–59, 177, 216n88, 222n57; popular reputation , 1, 5–6, 8; prayer life, 22–23, 32, 37, 46, 47, 78, 82, 123, 152, 158, 167, 169, 178; preservation and conservation , 1, 6, 10, 15, 17, 120–37, 147–48; radio and television personality , 1–2, 4–7, 11, 15–16, 24–25, 32, 52, 168–69, 189n14, 189n19, 190n20, 194n41, 204n52, 212n29, 213n38, 219n39; relationship with children, 37, 39; relationship with parents, 17, 56–58, 67–68, 146–47, 183, 202n32; religious doubts, 2, 5, 10, 13, 15–16, 21–27, 31–32, 37, 41, 49, 51–54, 59, 69, 76–83, 90, 118, 157, 159, 184; sacraments, 10, 13, 18, 20, 22, 24–25, 32, 39–40, 44, 47, 54, 70, 80, 125, 135, 165, 178–79; satire, 13, 46, 121, 127, 129, 131, 148, 169, 171, 175–79, 191n23; sexuality, 10, 57, 86, 90–101, 206n30, 206n35; spiritual development, 30–32; suburbia, 1, 6–7, 125, 139; tolerance, 45, 177, 192n29, 204n50; World War II, 18, 125, 175–76, 222n58 Betjeman, John, books: Altar and Pew, 12; Archie and the Strict Baptists, 203n39; Church Poems, 12; The City of London Churches, 12, 220n50; Collected Poems, xi, 6, 11, 191n24, 195n14, 198n75, 202n31, 203n35; Collins Guide to English Parish Churches, 11, 28, 85–86, 114, 119, 167, 180, 196n39, 207n45, 210nn2–3, 218n18, 221n55...