Subversive Peacemakers

War Resistance 1914-1918: An Anglican Perspective
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-0-7188-9367-5
Verlag: Boydell & Brewer

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 440 g

A study of the men and women in the Church of England who opposed Britain's participation in the World War One, forming a prophetic minority in the Church.

The outbreak of the First World War saw an upsurge of patriotism. The Church generally saw the war as justified, and many clergy encouraged the men in their congregations to join the army. There was, however, already a strong strand of anti-war sentiment, opposed to the dominant theology of the Establishment. This was partly based on traditional Christian pacifism, but included other religious, social and political influences. Campaigners and conscientious objectors voiced a growing concern about the huge human cost of a conflict seemingly endlessly bogged down in the mud of the Flanders poppy fields. 'Subversive Peacemakers' recounts the stories of a strong and increasingly organised opposition to war, from peace groups to poets, from preachers to politicians, from women to working men, all of whom struggled to secure peace in a militarised and fragmenting society. Clive Barrett demonstrates that the Church of England provided an unlikely setting for much of this war resistance.

Barrett masterfully narrates the story of the peace movement, bringing together stories of war-resistance until now lost, disregarded or undervalued. The people involved, as well as the dramatic events of the conflict themselves, are seen in a new light.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Barrett, Clive

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Part 1. Setting the Scene
Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. An era ends and a new pacifism emerges

Part 2. Resisting War 1914-1918
Chapter 3. 1914 - A new peace movement
Chapter 4. The pen is mightier than the sword - George Lansbury
Chapter 5. Women for peace
Chapter 6. Clergy in the front line
Chapter 7. From India and the U.S. - Opponents of World War
Chapter 8. Conscience verses the military state
Chapter 9. The cost of resistance
Chapter 10. Losing 'The Manhood of England'

Part 3. Addressing the incompatible
Chapter 11. The aftermath of war
Chapter 12. Reflection on the legacy of 1914-1918 war resistance