{"product_id":"war-peace-and-the-british-free-churches-1914-1945-9781350431294","title":"War, Peace and the British Free Churches, 1914-1945","description":"Surveying experience across the Free Churches, this book considers the involvement of British Christians in the public debates about the justification and conduct of war and the pursuit of peace in the first half of the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt explores church involvement with issues like Great War conscientious objectors, World War One rhetoric, the commemoration of war, and the arms trade of the mid-20th century. \u003ci\u003eWar, Peace and the British Free Churches in the Early Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003eshines a light on the significance of key individuals, such as Walter Mursell, Padre Ernest Lodge Watson and Henry Carter, and gives balanced coverage to the public participation of Methodists, Baptists, Congregationalists and more.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe book examines the Free Church interactions with the League of Nations and its engagements with ideological discussions around Liberalism and Pacifism in the period. Indeed the era addressed by the volume is widely acknowledged as a time in which the Free Churches enjoyed a height in popular adherence across much of British society, rivalling and often eclipsing the 'Establishment'; the book therefore provides a vital understanding of a previously neglected and yet critical dimension of Britain's relationship with peace and conflict in the 20th century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Chandler \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor in Modern History at the University of Chichester, UK. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Church of England in the Twentieth Century: The Church Commissioners and the Politics of Reform \u003c\/i\u003e(2005) and \u003ci\u003eGeorge Bell, Bishop of Chichester: Church, State and Resistance in the Age of Dictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e (2016).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Ceri Jones\u003c\/b\u003e is Reader in Modern History at University of Aberystwyth, UK. He has written several books, including most recently, as a co-author, \u003ci\u003eA History of Christianity in Wales \u003c\/i\u003e(2022).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51812575412498,"sku":"9781350431294","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0df06282-46d5-4768-9970-c88b92c0ef3b.jpg?v=1766490421","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/war-peace-and-the-british-free-churches-1914-1945-9781350431294","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}