Format:
1 online resource (290 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781315142746
Series Statement:
Routledge Studies in First World War History
Content:
Churches and chaplains in the First World War -- Supporting war: the spiritual opportunity -- Comparing chaplains -- Church, state and nation in 1914 -- Church and state -- Church and society -- Church and nation -- Religious justification of war -- War enthusiasts: God's community falls apart -- Wrath, purification, mission: religious interpretation of war -- The chaplaincies in 1914 -- Basic organisation -- Church, state and nation in one army -- Welcome to the war: the mobilisation of the chaplains -- Controversy about the number of chaplains -- The training of the chaplains -- The chaplain within the ranks -- In the lines or in the rear -- Chaplains, officers, soldiers -- Discussion on the clergy in arms -- Chaplains on the battlefield -- Gathering the flock -- Organising religious services -- The sermon -- Communication and burial services -- Pastoral care -- Competition -- Hopes and disappointments: reflections on the war effort -- Three evaluations -- What went wrong -- Change.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138308039
Additional Edition:
ISBN 113830803X
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781138308039
Language:
English
Keywords:
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