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The Clergy in Khaki: New Perspectives on British Army Chaplaincy in the First World War

The Clergy in Khaki: New Perspectives on British Army Chaplaincy in the First World War

Madigan, Edward
Snape, Michael

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Series: Routledge Studies in First World War History

General World HistoryWorld War I

ISBN10: 1138279285
ISBN13: 9781138279285
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Nov 17 2016
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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.

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