Dissent or Conform?
War, Peace and the English Churches 1900-1945
by Alan Wilkinson
Paperback (No longer our product)
(February 2010)
ISBN: 9780718892074
5.47 x 8.46 inches
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A study of how the English churches approached the problems of dissent, conformity and pacifism during the period of the two world wars.
Dissent or Conform examines how churches reacted to, and were affected by, the two world wars. Its underlying theme, however, is how the Church can be a creatively dissenting community, focusing on how easily the church can turn into a conforming community that only encourages the occurrence of uncreative dissenters, the ones who criticize the power without offering solutions and leading to a real change. Wilkinson opposes this trait of the church, especially given the impact that it has on society as a messenger of the gospel. To this end, the author depicts religious groups during three periods of time: English Nonconformity among the free churches before WWI, pacifists and pacifiers between the two wars and Christianity during WWII, focusing on how church history interacts with the developments in history and society. This book is of particular interest to social and church historians of the 20th century, and to all interested in the history and ethics of war and pacifism. It will also appeal to thoseattracted by the interaction between church and society.
Foreword by Robert Runcie, former Archbishop of Canterbury ix: Preface xi
Acknowledgements xvi
PART I:THE FREE CHURCHES AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
1 THE DILEMMAS OF DISSENT 3 - Nonconformist culture - Nonconformist conscience
2 DISSENT AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR 21 - The outbreak of war - Primitive Methodism and the war - Free Church chaplains - Free Church patriotism - Free Church pacifism
3 THE ASSIMILATION OF DISSENT 54 Free Church decline - Sabbatarianism and Teetotalism - The chapels and education - The new leisure - Nonconformity and ecumenism - Class and religion - Cultural assimilation
PART II: PACIFISM AND PACIFIERS BETWEEN THE WARS
4 NEVER AGAIN!85 - Hopes for a new world - Pacifism and pacifiers
5 CHRISTIAN PACIFISM Foreword by Robert Runcie, former Archbishop of Canterbury ix: Preface xi
Acknowledgements xvi
PART I:THE FREE CHURCHES AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
1 THE DILEMMAS OF DISSENT 3 - Nonconformist culture - Nonconformist conscience
2 DISSENT AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR 21 - The outbreak of war - Primitive Methodism and the war - Free Church chaplains - Free Church patriotism - Free Church pacifism
3 THE ASSIMILATION OF DISSENT 54 Free Church decline - Sabbatarianism and Teetotalism - The chapels and education - The new leisure - Nonconformity and ecumenism - Class and religion - Cultural assimilation
PART II: PACIFISM AND PACIFIERS BETWEEN THE WARS
4 NEVER AGAIN!85 - Hopes for a new world - Pacifism and pacifiers
5 CHRISTIAN PACIFISM Foreword by Robert Runcie, former Archbishop of Canterbury ix: Preface xi
Acknowledgements xvi
PART I:THE FREE CHURCHES AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR
1 THE DILEMMAS OF DISSENT 3 - Nonconformist culture - Nonconformist conscience
2 DISSENT AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR 21 - The outbreak of war - Primitive Methodism and the war - Free Church chaplains - Free Church patriotism - Free Church pacifism
3 THE ASSIMILATION OF DISSENT 54 Free Church decline - Sabbatarianism and Teetotalism - The chapels and education - The new leisure - Nonconformity and ecumenism - Class and religion - Cultural assimilation
PART II: PACIFISM AND PACIFIERS BETWEEN THE WARS
4 NEVER AGAIN!85 - Hopes for a new world - Pacifism and pacifiers
5 CHRISTIAN PACIFISM
- By (author) Alan Wilkinson
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