Christians and war. a survey of Christian thought in the United Kingdom 1914 - 1948
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1954Author
Manthey, Fred R.
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Abstract
Christians during the years between 1914 and 1948 were living continually in the shadow of war, either a war departing or a war gathering
on the horizon. War was near them daily, and Christlans wrote and spoke much about
it. Far too many of their thoughts were recorded to include them
all in a survey such as this. An attempt has been made in this work to give a view of the thoughts
of both individuals and official Church organizations which appear not only
to be representative but also to be in such a position as would give them
influence over the minds of a considerable number of other Christians. The
men and the organizations have been permitted to speak their n words with
a minimum of commentary or bias. Enough history has been sketched in to show the background against
which the thought was expressed, but a constant effort has been made to
exclude details of generally known historical events, the Inclusion of
which would only detract from the central purpose of the survey. There has been am effort to maintain a balance between the two extremes of giving so little of a quotation that the thought would not be
grasped, and of giving so much that the reading would become burdensome
long after the thought had been made clear.