Church of England and the Second World War

• Utgivningsdatum: 2025-07-31
• Mått: 155 x 235 x 26 mm
• Vikt: 748 g
• Format: Häftad
• Språk: Engelska
• Serie: Anglican-Episcopal Theology and History
• Antal sidor: 424
• Förlag: Brill
• ISBN: 9789004737648

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• Religion: allmänt
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John D. Alexander is a priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Rhode Island. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, he has served parishes in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey. He holds degrees in international relations from the Johns Hopkins University (BA and MA) and in theology from Virginia Theological Seminary (M.Div.), Nashotah House (STM), and Boston University School of Theology (Ph.D.). He has contributed scholarly articles and reviews to Anglican and Episcopal History, Anglican Theological Review, and Ecclesiology. In 2024 he was awarded the Nelson Burr Prize of the Historical Society of the Episcopal Church.

In this new book, John D. Alexander draws together myriad threads to achieve one immense survey, moving freely and boldly from the principles and ideals which characterized the Church of England in earlier periods to the vivid debates which arose during the conflict with Nazi totalitarianism. Alexander shows how the experience of international warfare changed much in the life of the national church, not only inspiring a deeper public piety and fashioning new responsibilities, but also provoking public controversies about the requirements of Christian justice. Based on a wealth of published and archival material, this welcome study will make a valuable contribution, not only to the widening field of Anglican studies, but also to our picture of the restless landscapes of modern religious history. - Andrew Chandler, Professor of Modern History, University of Chichester, UK and author of British Christians and the Third Reich: Church, State and the Judgement of Nations (Cambridge University Press, 2022). By engaging Anglican ethical responses to the challenges of war, John D. Alexander crafts a meticulously researched and expertly organised interdisciplinary study of the Church of England and the Second World War. Drawing on diverse lay and clergy voices, the author distils a wide range of material with depth and clarity. Written in an accessible and compelling style for academic and general readers, this evocative book is a generational contribution to the field. - Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook, Historiographer of the Episcopal Church and Editor-in-Chief of Anglican and Episcopal History The public theology of Anglican leaders in World War II was astonishingly wide-ranging, deeply informed by the gospel and the church's tradition, and sometimes bitingly effective. John Alexander's thorough, subtle, elegantly written and magisterial study of the Church of England's witness as 'the nation's conscience' during this period is profoundly instructive for the constrained judgments of today's Christians. A remarkable and revelatory volume. - Ephraim Radner, Professor of Historical Theology (Emeritus), Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, Canada.

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