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Muddling Through - The Organisation of British Army Chaplaincy in World War One (Hardcover)
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Muddling Through - The Organisation of British Army Chaplaincy in World War One (Hardcover)
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Nominated for the Royal Historical Society Whitfield Book Prize
2013Nominated for the SAHR Templer Medal 2013As with many other
aspects of the British army the outbreak of World War One started a
process of change that was to result in a radically different
provision of chaplaincy care once the war was over. Nothing was
ever simple with chaplaincy as a number of churches becoming
involved with the army, many for the first time. The structure was
already under pressure before the war with the Catholic Church
insisting on new rules for chaplaincy in the first decade of the
twentieth century. The creation of the Territorial Force added a
new dimension after 1907, bringing new players into the mix
including the Jewish community. These chaplains challenged the
traditional Garrison Church based ministry of the regulars. The
book examines the muddled state of chaplaincy in August 1914 and
looks at how chaplains were mobilized. It then reviews how
organizational changes were often the result of pressure from the
different churches. The unilateral decision of the Church of
England, in July 1915, to leave the unified administration in
France that had existed since August 1914 is examined in the light
of the availability of the relevant volume of the diaries of Bishop
Gwynne, a key participant in the change. Chapters also look at the
experience of other Imperial forces and of the casualties suffered
by chaplains. These all provide evidence of the expectations that
various groups had of army chaplains. It is often forgotten that
two chaplains were captured during the retreat from Mons in 1914.
They were never far from the fighting throughout the war. The
experiences of the war meant that the prewar structure needed
reform. The final chapter looks at the structure that was created
in 1920 and then survived virtually unchanged until 2004. Army
chaplaincy has always been a mix of Church, Army and State. Such a
coming together inevitably lead to confusion. Not surprisingly one
of the themes was the muddle that resulted. Even so army chaplaincy
ended the war with a much higher profile than the one it had in
1914. This was recognized by the addition of 'Royal' creating the
RAChD. Anglicans, Catholics, Presbyterians, Methodists, and other
faith groups, as well as military historians will find this book of
interest as it overturns a number of myths and puts chaplaincy in
its wider context.
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