The call of conscience
Subtitle: French Protestant responses to the Algerian War, 1954-1962
By: Geoffrey Adams.
Contributors: Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion.
Series: Editions SR ;; v. 21
Publisher: Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion = Corporation canadienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Waterloo, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Protestants -- France -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century.; Public opinion -- France -- History -- 20th century.; Algeria -- History -- Revolution, 1954-1962 -- Foreign public opinion, French.
Description: Initially, when the government in Paris responded with force to the November 1, 1954, insurrection of Algerian nationalists, French public opinion offered all but unanimous support.

Then it was revealed that hundreds of thousands of Muslims were herded into resettlement camps in Algeria; that Algerians suspected of nationalist sympathies were imprisoned in France; that conscientious objectors were denied their rights; and that a resolution to the conflict, either by force or by peaceful methods, was not forthcoming.

When it was proven that the army was guilty of abuses, members of the Protestant minority protested and then laboured to educate their own communities as well as the public at large to the moral and spiritual perils of these actions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.