Padre, Prisoner and Pen-Pusher
Helion & Company (Verlag)
978-1-910294-70-3 (ISBN)
The central part of the book is a transcription of the diary he kept during January to June 1918. At the heart of the administration of Church of England chaplaincy on the Western Front he recorded an inside view of how chaplains were thinking, particularly about postwar British society. His notes include record of sermons preached throughout the war which give a fascinating record of one chaplain's perspective on the developing war.
The book puts the experiences of Ben O'Rorke within the context of chaplaincy during the First World War. His story ran in parallel to that of Bishop Llewellyn Gwynne, Bishop of Khartoum, who had been in London in August 1914 and with the help of O'Rorke had been commissioned into the Army Chaplains'Department. Gwynne had prepared O'Rorke for confirmation. It is into Gwynne's office as DCG that O'Rorke would be posted. Gwynne's extensive war time diaries help to shed light on O'Rorke and his work.
This book will appeal to all who are interested in how a regular army chaplain coped with mobilisation, life as a prisoner of war, and then of the ever lengthening war. It provides information on the large number of chaplains with whom he came into contact whilst keeping the diary. As well as an introduction and notes to explain the diary and other writings there is a discussion about the value of chaplains'diaries and letters in understanding the First World War. Additionally, guidance is provided as to where original source material can be located.
Peter Howson served as an army chaplain for twenty five years completing his service as the Principal of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre. During his time in the army he completed an MBA that looked at organisational structures in religious and voluntary bodies. When he returned to civilian ministry, as the Superintendent of the Inverness Methodist Circuit, he completed a PhD at Aberdeen University. His thesis discussed British army chaplaincy between 1960 and 2000. During the research he became convinced that the roots of contemporary army chaplaincy lay in decisions made during World War One and set out to discover how these had been reached. He is currently a Methodist minister in Surrey. He has contributed to the work of the Society for Army Historical Research and has been a member of its Council since 2012. He has recently contributed chapters to two books on chaplaincy, one about the wider World War One experience, and the other, Chaplains, Churches, and the Morality of Conflict: Military Chaplaincy in Contention, on contemporary chaplaincy in Afghanistan.
Zusatzinfo | 12 b/w photos, 1 map |
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Verlagsort | Solihull |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945 | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Pastoraltheologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-910294-70-5 / 1910294705 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-910294-70-3 / 9781910294703 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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