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Padres in no man's land : Canadian chaplains in the Great War / Duff Crerar.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crerar, Duff, 1955- author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 16.
- McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Canadian Chaplain Service--History.
- Canada.
- World War, 1914-1918--Chaplains--Canada.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, Canadian.
- Military chaplains--Canada--Biography.
- Military chaplains.
- Physical Description:
- x, 424 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, [1995]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Tracing the growth of the Canadian Chaplain Service from its chaotic and controversy-ridden early days to its maturation as an efficient field force, Duff Crerar highlights both the role of the Service on the battlefield and the personal experiences of the chaplains. Refuting the widely held view that chaplains serving overseas were cloistered from front-line realities, Crerar describes the padres' experiences in camps, hospitals, and on the battlefield. He examines how they maintained their faith in the face of death and destruction, and explores the bonds forged between chaplains and troops. Padres in No Man's Land concludes in the postwar era with the decline of the chaplains' hopes for spiritual renewal upon their return to Canada - their dreams dashed not by the war, but by the subsequent peace.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Adventurers: Days of Preparation
- Beginners: Turmoil in the Service
- Officers: The Almond Reforms
- Pilgrims: The Padre's Progress
- Soldiers: The Service in the Field
- Comrades: To Touch the Face of Battle
- Preachers: The Voice of Consolation and Prophecy
- Veterans: A Peace Endured
- Conclusion
- Nominal List of Canadian Great War Chaplains
- Chaplain Service Questionnaire,1918
- Canadian Militia Chaplaincy Growth, 1896-1914
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-411) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-85715-0
- 9786612857157
- 0-7735-6499-3
- OCLC:
- 1394872486
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