Anglicanism and Interventionism: Bishop Brent, The United States, and the British Empire in the First World War

Although largely overlooked by historians, the worldwide Anglican Communion proved to be a major force in mobilising support for the Allied cause throughout the First World War. This article examines the wartime career of Bishop Charles Henry Brent, a Canadian-born bishop of America's Protestan...

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Main Author: Snape, Michael 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2018]
In: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2018, Volume: 69, Issue: 2, Pages: 300-325
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Brent, Charles 1862-1929 / Church of England / World War
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDE Anglican Church
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Summary:Although largely overlooked by historians, the worldwide Anglican Communion proved to be a major force in mobilising support for the Allied cause throughout the First World War. This article examines the wartime career of Bishop Charles Henry Brent, a Canadian-born bishop of America's Protestant Episcopal Church, who is usually remembered as a missionary, an ecumenist, and as a campaigner against the international opium trade. This article revisits Brent's wartime career, illustrating his three-fold significance as a contemporary symbol of Episcopalian power and influence in the United States, as an epitome of Episcopalian Anglophilia, and as a morale-boosting presence in wartime Britain.
ISSN:1469-7637
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0022046917000616