American Churches and the First World War: 7 (McMaster General Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 153260114X ISBN 13: 9781532601149

Publisher: Pickwick Publications, 2016

Synopsis

The centenary of America's declaration of war in 1917 is a fitting time to examine afresh the reaction of the American churches to the conflict. What was the impact of the war on the churches as well as the churches' hoped-for influence on the nation's war effort? Commenting on themes such as nationalism, nativism, nation-building, dissent, just war, and pacifism, this book provides a window into those perilous times from the viewpoint of Mainline and Evangelical Protestants, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Mennonites, Quakers, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses. Also included are chapters on developments among American military chaplains in the First World War and the reaction of the American churches to the Armenian Genocide.

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About the Author

Gordon L. Heath (PhD, St. Michael's College) is Associate Professor of Christian History and Centenary Chair of World Christianity at McMaster Divinity College, and Director of the Canadian Baptist Archives. His publications include A War with a Silver Lining: Canadian Protestant Churches and the South African War, 1899-1902 (2009) and a companion to this present work: Canadian Churches and the First World War (Pickwick, 2014).

Edition details

• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 153260114X
• ISBN 13: 9781532601149
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Heath Gordon L.