Dog-collar Democracy

Dog-collar Democracy
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9781349055418
ISBN-13 : 1349055417
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis Dog-collar Democracy by : Gerald Studdert-Kennedy

Moral Injury and a First World War Chaplain

Moral Injury and a First World War Chaplain
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 235
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ISBN-10 : 9781666908664
ISBN-13 : 1666908665
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Moral Injury and a First World War Chaplain by : Dayne Edward Nix

Chaplain G.A. Studdert Kennedy has been described as the most popular British chaplain of the First World War. Widely known as "Woodbine Willie" for the cigarettes he distributed to the troops, his wartime poetry and prose communicated the challenges, hardships and hopes of the soldiers he served. As a chaplain, he was subject to the same hardships as his soldiers. This book analyses his experiences through the contemporary understanding of psychological, moral and spiritual impact of war on its survivors and suggests that the chaplain suffered from Combat Stress, Moral Injury, and Spiritual Injury. Through the analysis of his wartime and postwar publications, the author illustrates the continuing impact of war on the life of a veteran of the Great War.

Life after Tragedy

Life after Tragedy
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 282
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ISBN-10 : 9780718895341
ISBN-13 : 0718895347
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Life after Tragedy by : Michael W. Brierley

Much has been written on the centenary of the First World War; however, no book has yet explored the tragedy of the conflict from a theological perspective. This book fills that gap. Taking their cue from the famous British army chaplain Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, seven central essays--all by authors associated with the cathedral where Studdert Kennedy first preached to troops--examine aspects of faith that featured in the war, such as the notion of "home," poetry, theological doctrine, preaching, social reform, humanitarianism, and remembrance. Each essay applies its reflections to the life of faith today. The essays thus represent a highly original contribution to the history of the First World War in general and the work of Studdert Kennedy in particular; and they provide wider theological insight into how, in the contemporary world, life and tragedy, God and suffering, can be integrated. The book will accordingly be of considerable interest to historians, both of the war and of the church; to communities commemorating the war; and to all those who wrestle with current challenges to faith. A foreword by Studdert Kennedy's grandson and an afterword by the bishop of Magdeburg in Germany render this a volume of remarkable depth and worth.

Woodbine Willie

Woodbine Willie
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Publisher : Lion Books
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9780745957135
ISBN-13 : 0745957137
Rating : 4/5 (35 Downloads)

Synopsis Woodbine Willie by : Bob Holman

Woodbine Willie was the affectionate nickname of the Reverend Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, an Anglican priest who volunteered as a chaplain on the Western Front during the First World War. Renowned for offering both spiritual support and cigarettes to injured and dying soldiers, he won the Military Cross for his reckless courage, running into No Man's Land to help the wounded in the middle of an attack. After the war, Kennedy was involved in the Industrial Christian Fellowship, and he wrote widely. This superb biography is based on original interviews with those who knew and loved him. A deep and real concern for his fellow men drove him relentlessly, and this book shows how vital was the role he played, on the battlefields of the trenches and then the slums. Bob Holman, described by the Daily Telegraph as 'the good man of Glasgow', has made a mission of living alongside the disadvantaged of British society. An accomplished writer, who contributes regularly to the Guardian, he is the author of several books, including Keir Hardie.

Directory of European political scientists

Directory of European political scientists
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 656
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ISBN-10 : 9783111577555
ISBN-13 : 3111577554
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Directory of European political scientists by : European Consortium for Political Research, University of Essex. Compiled and ed. by the Central Services of the ECPR

The British people and the League of Nations

The British people and the League of Nations
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Publisher : Manchester University Press
Total Pages : 484
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ISBN-10 : 9781847798015
ISBN-13 : 1847798012
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis The British people and the League of Nations by : Helen McCarthy

In the decades following Europe’s first total war, millions of British men and women looked to the League of Nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operation. Founded in 1919 to preserve peace between its member-states, the League inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across Europe and beyond. Embodied in the hugely popular League of Nations Union, this pro-League movement touched Britain in profound ways. Foremost amongst the League societies, the Union became one of Britain’s largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policy. Based on extensive archival research, The British people and the League of Nations offers a vivid account of this popular League consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the wars.

The Passing of Protestant England

The Passing of Protestant England
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 343
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ISBN-10 : 9780521839778
ISBN-13 : 0521839777
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis The Passing of Protestant England by : S. J. D. Green

An important account of the causes, courses and consequences of the secularisation of modern English society.

Democracy and the Dog Collar

Democracy and the Dog Collar
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : OXFORD:503530804
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Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Democracy and the Dog Collar by : Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy

Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy

Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 0300173407
ISBN-13 : 9780300173406
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy by : Robert A. Dahl

“Continuing his career-long exploration of modern democracy, Dahl addresses a question that has long vexed students of political theory: the place of independent organizations, associations, or special interest groups within the democratic state.”—The Wilson Quarterly “There is probably no greater expert today on the subject of democratic theory than Dahl….His proposal for an ultimate adoption here of a ‘decentralized socialist economy,’ a system primarily of worker ownership and control of economic production, is daring but rational, reflecting his view that economic inequality seems destined to become the major issue here it historically has been in Europe.”—Library Journal “Dahl reaffirms his commitment to pluralist democracy while attempting to come to terms with some of its defects.”—Laura Greyson, Worldview “Anyone who is interested in these issues and who makes the effort the book requires will come away the better for it. And more. He will receive an explanation for our current difficulties that differs considerably from the explanation for our current difficulties that differs considerably from the explanation offered by the Reagan administration, and a prescription for the future which differs fundamentally from the nostrums emanating from the White House.”—Dennis Carrigan, The (Louisville, Kentucky) Courier-Journal