Faith in conflict: a study of British experiences in the First World War with particular reference to the English Midlands
Journal: University of Birmingham Institutional Research Archive (University of Birmingham)
Year: 2016

The thesis addresses the question, ‘How did the First World War affect the religious faith of the people of Britain?’ The ways in which wartime preachers, hymn-writers, diarists and letter-writers expressed their faith are examined. For the vast majority, the War was both a military and a spiritual conflict of right against might and the rhetoric of a Holy War was popular. Questions of divine omnipotence and providence troubled many, the standard response being that war was a consequence of God’