Faith on the Home Front

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

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Stephen Parker

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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.

Author Biography:

The Author: Stephen Parker is a native of Birmingham. He holds a BEd (Hons) degree in Religious and Theological Studies, a Masters degree in pastoral studies and a Ph.D. in theology, all awarded by the University of Birmingham. Formerly a lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Chester, he is currently head of Religious Studies at Cadbury Sixth Form College, Birmingham.

Release date Australia

May 29th, 2006

Author

Stephen Parker

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Pages

249

ISBN-13

9783039102525

Product ID

11563707

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