Canadian churches and the First World War /

Most accounts of Canada and the First World War either ignore or merely mention in passing the churches' experience. Canadian Churches and the First World War addresses this surprising neglect, exploring the marked relationship between Canada's 'Great War' and Canadian churches i...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Heath, Gordon L.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : The Lutterworth Press 2014.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt1cgdvw4
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover
  • Half title
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1. The South African War as Prelude to the First World War
  • 2. "We are all involved in the same issue": Canada's English-Speaking Catholics and the Great War
  • 3. French-Speaking Catholics in Quebec and the First World War
  • 4. "Khaki has become a sacred colour": The Methodist Church and the Sanctification of World War One
  • 5. For Empire and God: Canadian Presbyterians and the Great War
  • 6. The Anglican Church and the Great War
  • 7. "O God of Battles": The Canadian Baptist Experience of the Great War
  • 8. Canadian Lutherans and the First World War
  • 9. Quakers and Mennonites and the Great War
  • 10. Dismissed: Military Chaplains and Canadian Great War History
  • 11. Paying "the price of war": Canadian Women and the Churches on the Home Front
  • Back cover.