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Mercury-A Church at War MacKay Presbyterian Church, New Edinburgh, and the First World War

Name: Mercury-A Church at War
Author: Alan Bowker

Auteur: Alan Bowker

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Alan Bowker

Engels
Paperback
9780776642154
26 maart 2024
428 pagina's

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This study weaves together the stories of members of the Mackay Presbyterian Church who served in the First World War, their families at home, and their church as they responded to a terrible war. It focusses particularly on the nineteen men who fell in the war—some as heroes in desperate battles; others with tragic randomness or from illness.

One hundred and forty-one people from MacKay Presbyterian Church, in Ottawa, served in the First World War. This is an astonishing record, but one that was by no means uncommon in Canada.

Why did these men, their families, and their church enlist in this great war for “justice, truth, and righteousness, and for the Glory of God”? What was the impact of war on the surviving soldiers as they and their families adjusted to a changed world, to permanent injuries and to painful memories?

This study of the experience of one church at war weaves together the stories of soldiers on the battlefields of Europe with those of the families who waited and prayed, enduring privation, fear, loneliness, and grief.

It centres on the 19 men who fell in the war — some as heroes in desperate battles, others with tragic randomness or from illness, several with no known graves — and the widows they left to cope as best they could, the children who grew up without fathers, and the families who mourned their loss even as they took pride in their sacrifice.

Using new methods including online research and the tools of genealogical study to bring to life people who did not leave a rich legacy of information on their lives and families, this study of a church at war deepens our understanding of the social history of Canada’s participation in the First World War, and provides a model for research on churches, communities, and institutions.

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Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 26 maart 2024
Aantal pagina's: 428

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Hoofdauteur: Alan Bowker
Hoofduitgeverij: University Of Ottawa Press

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Product breedte: 152 mm
Product lengte: 229 mm
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Categorieën: Religie, Spiritualiteit & Filosofie

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