War, Peace and the British Free Churches, 1914-1945
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War, Peace and the British Free Churches, 1914-1945

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War, Peace and the British Free Churches, 1914-1945

About this book

Surveying experience across the Free Churches, this book considers the involvement of British Christians in the public debates about the justification and conduct of war and the pursuit of peace in the first half of the 20th century.

It explores church involvement with issues like Great War conscientious objectors, World War One rhetoric, the commemoration of war, and the arms trade of the mid-20th century. War, Peace and the British Free Churches in the Early Twentieth Century shines a light on the significance of key individuals, such as Walter Mursell, Padre Ernest Lodge Watson and Henry Carter, and gives balanced coverage to the public participation of Methodists, Baptists, Congregationalists and more.

The book examines the Free Church interactions with the League of Nations and its engagements with ideological discussions around Liberalism and Pacifism in the period. Indeed the era addressed by the volume is widely acknowledged as a time in which the Free Churches enjoyed a height in popular adherence across much of British society, rivalling and often eclipsing the 'Establishment'; the book therefore provides a vital understanding of a previously neglected and yet critical dimension of Britain's relationship with peace and conflict in the 20th century.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Contributors
  9. Introduction
  10. Chapter 1: Oxford’s Free Churches and the outbreak of the Great War
  11. Chapter 2: ‘The Courage of Duty’: Walter Mursell and religious rhetoric during the First World War
  12. Chapter 3: The fire in the furnace: The Great War Chaplaincy Ministry of Ernest Lodge Watson (1878–1951)
  13. Chapter 4: Who speaks for the Christians? Great War conscientious objection in the British Churches of Christ: An expansion in tribute to Michael Casey
  14. Chapter 5: Methodism and military chaplaincy, 1900–30
  15. Chapter 6: The colleges of Mansfield Road, Oxford, in the era of the Great War
  16. Chapter 7: Strict Baptist reactions to war, 1914–19
  17. Chapter 8: The warmongering pacifist: A family story
  18. Chapter 9: From pride in the living to commemorating the dead : Rolls of Honour in the West Riding of Yorkshire during the First World War
  19. Chapter 10: ‘Divinely ordained for the world’s life’: The Free Churches and the League of Nations
  20. Chapter 11: Building God’s kingdom on earth: Lord Davies of Llandinam, Gwilym Davies and Christianizing the interwar quest for peace
  21. Chapter 12: Henry Carter (1874–1951) and the search for peace
  22. Chapter 13: Arms and the Free Churchman: Arms control and regulation in Britain 1909–39
  23. Chapter 14: Congregationalism, liberalism and pacifism: War, peace and justice in the life of Nathaniel Micklem
  24. Chapter 15: Martyn Lloyd-Jones and the evangelical response to war and peace
  25. Index