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Author Crerar, Duff, 1955-

Title Padres in no man's land : Canadian chaplains in the Great War / Duff Crerar
Published Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's Press, ©1995

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Description 1 online resource (x, 424 pages) : illustrations
Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 16
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 16.
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1 Adventurers: Days of Preparation -- 2 Beginners: Turmoil in the Service -- 3 Officers: The Almond Reforms -- 4 Pilgrims: The Padre's Progress -- 5 Soldiers: The Service in the Field -- 6 Comrades: To Touch the Face of Battle -- 7 Preachers: The Voice of Consolation and Prophecy -- 8 Veterans: A Peace Endured -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Nominal List of Canadian Great War Chaplains -- Appendix 2: Chaplain Service Questionnaire, 1918 -- Appendix 3: Canadian Militia Chaplaincy Growth, 1896-1914 -- Notes -- Bibliography
Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
Summary The compelling story of brave and deeply committed army chaplains who brought faith and courage to Canada's troops during one of history's most devastating wars
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references ([253]-411) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Canada. Canadian Chaplain Service -- History
SUBJECT Canada. Canadian Chaplain Service fast
Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Chaplains -- Canada
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, Canadian
Military chaplains -- Canada -- Biography
HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
HISTORY -- Military -- Canada.
Chaplains
Military chaplains
Militärseelsorge
Weltkrieg 1914-1918
Canada
Kanada
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Personal narratives
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Récits personnels.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773564992
0773564993