Canadian churches and the First World War / edited by Gordon L. Heath.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heath, Gordon L., editor.

Series:

General series (McMaster Divinity College. Press)

McMaster Divinity College

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada--Church history--20th century.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages).

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, [2014]

Summary:

Most accounts of Canada and the First World War either ignore or merely mention in passing the churches' experience. Such neglect does not do justice to the remarkable influence of the wartime churches nor to the religious identity of the young Dominion. The churches' support for the war was often wholehearted, but just as often nuanced and critical, shaped by either the classic just war paradigm or pacifism's outright rejection of violence. The war heightened issues of Canadianization, attitudes to violence, and ministry to the bereaved and the disillusioned. It also exacerbated ethnic tensions within and between denominations, and challenged notions of national and imperial identity. The authors of this volume provide a detailed summary of various Christian traditions and the war, both synthesizing and furthering previous research. In addition to examining the experience of Roman Catholics (English and French speaking), Anglicans, Presbyterians, Methodists, Baptists, Lutherans, Mennonites, and Quakers, there are chapters on precedents formed during the South African War, the work of military chaplains, and the roles of church women on the home front.

Contents:

Introduction / Gordon L. Heath

The South African War as prelude to the First World War / Gordon L. Heath

"We are all involved in the same issue": Canada's English-speaking Catholics and the Great War / Mark G. McGowan

French-speaking Catholics in Quebec and the First World War / Simon Jolivet

"Khaki has become a sacred colour": the Methodist Church and the sanctification of World War One / David B. Marshall

For empire and God: Canadian Presbyterians and the Great War / Stuart Macdonald

The Anglican Church and the Great War / Melissa Davidson

"O God of battles": the Canadian Baptist experience of the Great War / Michael A.G. Haykin and Ian Hugh Clary

Canadian Lutherans and the First World War / Norm Threinen

Quakers and Mennonites and the Great War / Robynne Rogers Healy

Dismissed: military chaplains and Canadian Great War history / Duff Crerar

Paying "the price of war": Canadian women and the churches on the home front / Lucille Marr.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781630872908

1630872903