The Clergy in Khaki - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Clergy in Khaki write by Edward Madigan. This book was released on 2016-03-23. The Clergy in Khaki available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. British army chaplains have not fared well in the mythology of the First World War. Like its commanders they have often been characterized as embodiments of ineptitude and hypocrisy. Yet, just as historians have reassessed the motives and performance of British generals, this collection offers fresh insights into the war record of British chaplains. Drawing on the expertise of a dozen academic researchers, the collection offers an unprecedented analysis of the subject that embraces military, political, religious and imperial history. The volume also benefits from the professional insights of chaplains themselves, several of its contributors being serving or former members of the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department. Providing the fullest and most objective study yet published, it demonstrates that much of the post-war hostility towards chaplains was driven by political, social or even denominational agendas and that their critics often overlooked the positive contribution that chaplains made to the day-to-day struggles of soldiers trying to cope with the appalling realities of industrial warfare and its aftermath. As the most complete study of the subject to date, this collection marks a major advance in the historiography of the British army, of the British churches and of British society during the First World War, and will appeal to researchers in a broad range of academic disciplines.
The Clergy in Khaki
The Clergy in Khaki - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Clergy in Khaki write by Edward Madigan. This book was released on 2013. The Clergy in Khaki available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Clergy in Khaki: New Perspectives on British Army Chaplaincy in the First World War
Clergy in Khaki: New Perspectives on British Army Chaplaincy in the First World War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Clergy in Khaki: New Perspectives on British Army Chaplaincy in the First World War write by Michael. & MADIGAN SNAPE (Edward. (eds.)). This book was released on 2013. Clergy in Khaki: New Perspectives on British Army Chaplaincy in the First World War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
British Religion and the World Wars
British Religion and the World Wars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook British Religion and the World Wars write by Clive Field. This book was released on 2019-05-08. British Religion and the World Wars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Religion did much to shape contemporary British opinion and behaviour during the First and Second World Wars, but it featured rather less in the initial historiography of either conflict. The situation has changed considerably in the past half-century, with a steadily increasing number of academic and popular outputs on the religious aspects of the wars. As key milestones, in connection with the centenary of the First World War and the eightieth anniversary of the Second World War, have occurred or approach, it seems an appropriate time to take bibliographical stock. This volume is the first to offer an in-depth listing of modern literature, in English and other European languages, on British religion and the First and Second World Wars, both on the home front and in combat zones. Coverage extends to Judaism and alternative religion, as well as Christianity. More than 1,200 items are included, comprising monographs, book chapters, journal articles, and postgraduate theses. They are arranged by subjects, in separate sections on each war, with cross-references and a cumulative index of personal names. Carefully compiled over several years by an accomplished religious historian and bibliographer, the work will be an indispensable reference tool to those embarking on investigations into the religious landscape of Britain during the World Wars, and those who wish to discover what has been written about their chosen field to date. It will also help identify gaps in scholarship and encourage researchers to try and fill them.
Life after Tragedy
Life after Tragedy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Life after Tragedy write by Michael W. Brierley. This book was released on 2018-01-01. Life after Tragedy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Much has been written on the centenary of the First World War; however, no book has yet explored the tragedy of the conflict from a theological perspective. This book fills that gap. Taking their cue from the famous British army chaplain Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, seven central essays--all by authors associated with the cathedral where Studdert Kennedy first preached to troops--examine aspects of faith that featured in the war, such as the notion of "home," poetry, theological doctrine, preaching, social reform, humanitarianism, and remembrance. Each essay applies its reflections to the life of faith today. The essays thus represent a highly original contribution to the history of the First World War in general and the work of Studdert Kennedy in particular; and they provide wider theological insight into how, in the contemporary world, life and tragedy, God and suffering, can be integrated. The book will accordingly be of considerable interest to historians, both of the war and of the church; to communities commemorating the war; and to all those who wrestle with current challenges to faith. A foreword by Studdert Kennedy's grandson and an afterword by the bishop of Magdeburg in Germany render this a volume of remarkable depth and worth.
