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Padres in No Man's Land
Duff Crerar
其他書名
Canadian Chaplains and the Great War
出版McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1995
主題History / Canada / GeneralHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / Wars & Conflicts / World War IHistory / Military / CanadaHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Religion / Clergy
ISBN07735123069780773512306
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2XOMqLViAX4C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Tracing the growth of the Canadian Chaplain Service from its chaotic and controversy-ridden early days to its maturation as an efficient field force, Duff Crerar highlights both the role of the Service on the battlefield and the personal experiences of the chaplains. Refuting the widely held view that chaplains serving overseas were cloistered from front-line realities, Crerar describes the padres' experiences in camps, hospitals, and on the battlefield. He examines how they maintained their faith in the face of death and destruction, and explores the bonds forged between chaplains and troops. Padres in No Man's Land concludes in the postwar era with the decline of the chaplains' hopes for spiritual renewal upon their return to Canada - their dreams dashed not by the war, but by the subsequent peace.