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## Abstract This chapter examines the impact and experience of the First World War on the established Anglican–military nexus, commencing by discussing the usually negative portrayals of the Church of England’s conduct during the war. However, by setting this in the wider context of the Anglican Communion, it presents a very different picture of Anglican interaction with the armed forces of the British Empire and United States. For example, and far from being craven recruiting sergeants or disconnected onlookers, it illustrates the costly sacrifices made by the Anglican clergy across the world—including their lengthy, controversial, but revealing roster of clergy combatants (all of whom were volunteers) and the huge and even paralysing losses sustained by clergy families. It also highlights the scale and effectiveness of Western Anglican support for the armed forces, whether rendered by individual parishes or through the burgeoning wartime work of major Anglican organizations such as the Church Army and St John Ambulance. While critically appraising the contribution of Anglican overseas missions to the war in sub-Saharan Africa, it also reconsiders the much-maligned ministry of Chu

Author

Michael Francis Snape

Publisher

Oxford University PressOxford

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9780192664433

Subjects

Christian, Religion, Philosophy