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Faith on the Home Front

Aspects of Church Life and Popular Religion in Birmingham 1939-1945

  • Paperback
  • 249 pages
  • Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang
  • 15.2 x 22.5 x 1.6 cm

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The nature of religion on the domestic front in Britain during the Second World War has, hitherto, been relatively unexplored. This study focuses on Birmingham and describes wartime popular religion, primarily as recounted in oral testimony. The difference the War made to people's faith, and the consolation wrought by prayer and a religious outlook are explored, as are the religious language and concepts utilised by the wartime popular media of cinema and wireless. Clerical rhetoric about the War and concerns to spiritualise the war effort are dealt with by an analysis of locally published sources, especially parish magazines and other religious ephemera, which set the War on the spiritual as much as the military plane. A final section of the study is devoted to measuring the extent of the influence of the churches in the creation of a vision for post-war Britain and Birmingham.
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  • Title

    Faith on the Home Front

  • Author

    Stephen Parker

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Verlag Peter Lang

  • Published

    May 2006

  • Weight

    374g

  • Page Count

    249

  • Dimensions

    15.2 x 22.5 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9783039102525

  • ISBN-10

    3039102524

  • Eden Code

    4058159

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