God On The Western Front

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From 1914 to 1918, religious believers and hopeful skeptics tried to find meaning and purpose behind divinely willed destruction. God on the Western Front is a history of lived religion across national boundaries, religious affiliations, and class during World War I, utilizing an expansive record of primary sources. Joseph F. Byrnes takes readers on a tour of the battlefields of France, listening to the words of German, French, and English soldiers; going behind the lines to hear from the men and women who provided pastoral and medical care; and reviewing the religious writings of priests, bishops, ministers, and rabbis as they tried to make sense of it all. The story begins with citizens at home as they responded to the obligation to make war and then focuses on the “God-talk” and “nation-talk” that soldiers used to express their foundational religious experiences. Byrnes’s study attends to the words of average men who struggled to articulate their religious sentiments, alongside the generals Helmuth von Moltke, Ferdinand Foch, and Douglas Haig and the soldier theologians Franz Rosenzweig, Paul Tillich, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy. In doing so, he shows how religious and battle experience are intertwined and showcases the wide range of spiritual responses that emerged across boundaries. Going beyond the typical constraints of studies focused either on one nation or one confessional affiliation, Byrnes’s international and interfaith approach breaks new ground. It will appeal to scholars and students of modern European history, religious history, and the history of war.

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Genre : History
Author : Joseph F. Byrnes
Publisher : Penn State Press
Release : 2023-04-26
File : 265 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780271095981


The Fair God Or The Last Of The Tzins

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Genre : Mexico
Author : Lew Wallace
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Release : 1888
File : 488 Pages
ISBN-13 : OXFORD:601928567


The Home Of God S People

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Genre : Bible
Author : William Leonard Gage
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Release : 1872
File : 568 Pages
ISBN-13 : PSU:000018027976


Palestine Historical And Descriptive Or The Home Of God S People

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Genre : Bible
Author : William Leonard Gage
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Release : 1883
File : 580 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015021321842


Belgium And The Western Front

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Genre : World War, 1914-1918
Author : Findlay Muirhead
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Release : 1920
File : 534 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015031836532


Diary Of A Nursing Sister On The Western Front

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Genre : Military nursing
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Release : 1915
File : 318 Pages
ISBN-13 : PRNC:32101074206556


The Western Front

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Author : George Frederic Viett
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Release : 1918
File : 68 Pages
ISBN-13 : CHI:088147535


God Made Blind

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Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Author : Deborah Maccoby
Publisher : Symposium Press; Science Reviews
Release : 1999
File : 256 Pages
ISBN-13 : UOM:39015047572717


The Hills Of God

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As patriotic fervor grows during the early years of World War II, Pastor Wes Andrews' pacifist Mennonite background conflicts with his Baptist congregation's sincere desire to serve its country. To alleviate the problem, Wes moves to an isolated community church in Maine, where his headstrong daughter defies his wishes and joins the Women's Air Corps.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Eric E. Wiggin
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Release : 1993
File : 230 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1565071360


City Of God

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Genre : Church and the world
Author : Kevin Lewis O'Neill
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Release : 2007
File : 658 Pages
ISBN-13 : STANFORD:36105128073900