The Call of Conscience
French Protestant Responses to the Algerian War, 1954-1962
- 296 pages
- English
- PDF
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About this book
Initially, when the government in Paris responded with force to the November 1, 1954 insurrection of Algerian nationalists, French public opinion offered all but unanimous support. Then it was revealed that hundreds of thousands of Muslims were herded into resettlement camps in Algeria; that Algerians suspected of nationalist sympathies were imprisoned in France; that conscientious objectors were denied their rights; and that a resolution to the conflict, either by force or by peaceful methods, was not forthcoming. When it was proven that the army was guilty of abuses, members of the Protestant minority protested and then laboured to educate their own communities as well as the public at large to the moral and spiritual perils of these actions.
Based on painstaking research and solid scholarship, The Call of Conscience: French Protestant Responses to the Algeria War, 1954-1962 reveals a rich portrait of the protest.
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Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS
- ABBREVIATIONS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- I. ALGERIA 1830-1954: A COLONY IN ALL BUT NAME
- II. GOVERNOR JACQUES SOUSTELLE: THE TRIBULATIONS OF A JACOBIN PROCONSUL (1955-56)
- III. 1956 – MOBILIZING AGAINST MOLLET: THE RESTIVENESS OF THE PROTESTANT LEFT
- IV. 1957 – FULLY ENGAGED: PROTESTANTS TAKE SIDES IN THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS
- V. 1958: PROTESTANT REACTIONS TO THE 13 MAI AND THE COMING OF DE GAULLE
- VI. 1959 – COMING TO THE RESCUE: PROTESTANT RELIEF FOR UPROOTED MUSLIMS
- VII. 1960: THE MORAL BALANCE TILTS TO PEACE
- VIII. 1961: PUTTING PEACEMAKERS TO THE TEST
- IX. 1962: THE SPIRITUAL COST OF A PROBLEMATIC PEACE
- CONCLUSION
- EPILOGUE
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX