God and the British soldier : religion and the British Army in the First and Second World Wars / Michael Snape.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snape, M. F. (Michael Francis), 1968-

Series:

Christianity and society in the modern world.

Christianity and society in the modern world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army--Religious life.

Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918--Religious aspects.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1939-1945--Religious aspects.

World War, 1939-1945.

Soldiers--Religious life--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Soldiers.

Great Britain--Religion--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (700 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on a wealth of new material from military, ecclesiastical and secular civilian archives, Michael Snape presents a study of the experience of the officers and men of Britain's vast citizen armies, and also of the numerous religious agencies which ministered to them.Historians of the First and Second World Wars have consistently underestimated the importance of religion in Britain during the war years, but this book shows that religion had much greater currency and influence in twentieth-century British society than has previously been realised.Snape argues that religion

Contents:

Diffusive Christianity and the religion of the soldier

God and the generals

Command and the clergy

The church in khaki

Religion, morality, and war

The army and religious philanthropy.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-295) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-64341-1

1-281-15857-7

9786611158576

0-203-37107-0

9780203371077

OCLC:

191799576