In 2015 the Salvation Army celebrated the 150th anniversary of its
birth in the poverty and squalor of London's East End. Today the
Army is to be found in towns and cities throughout Britain, its
members readily recognised through their military uniform and their
reputation for good works widely acknowledged. Many people,
however, are unaware of the origins and subsequent development of
the organisation. At times Salvationists were imprisoned, beaten up
in street riots and ridiculed in the press for their religious
beliefs. Despite this persecution the Army put in place a programme
of help for the poor and marginalised of such ambition that it
radically altered social thinking about poverty. There have been
very few attempts at writing a wider and accessible account which
locates the Army in its historical context. This is something of an
omission given that it has made a unique contribution to the
changing social, cultural and religious landscape of Britain. The
Salvation Army: 150 years of Blood and Fire aims to provide a
history of the organisation for the general reader and is for
anyone who is interested in the interplay of people, ideas and
events. The book reveals how the story of the Salvation Army raises
fundamental questions about issues of power, class, gender and race
in modern society; all as pertinent today as they were in Victorian
Britain. The Salvation Army: 150 years of Blood and Fire also makes
an extensive use of pictures illustrative of the Army's history
gathered from around the world, most of which have never previously
been published.
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