The Wartime Diaries of Canadian Baptist Military Chaplain William A. White, 1917-1918
This article focuses on Rev. William A. White's experience as a black Baptist chaplain for the No. 2 Construction Battalion (Coloured). More specifically, its focus is almost solely on his wartime diaries and what they tell us about his experiences, convictions, joys, and struggles. These detai...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2018]
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Baptist quarterly
Year: 2018, Volume: 49, Issue: 4, Pages: 165-181 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDG Free church RG Pastoral care |
| Further subjects: | B
Canada
B William A. White B Baptist B Chaplain B Religion B First World War B Blacks |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article focuses on Rev. William A. White's experience as a black Baptist chaplain for the No. 2 Construction Battalion (Coloured). More specifically, its focus is almost solely on his wartime diaries and what they tell us about his experiences, convictions, joys, and struggles. These details provide a unique glimpse onto the daily life of a military chaplain at the front. They also reveal attitudes and responses to prejudice and patriotism. In that regard White's diary illustrates a commitment to nation and empire that was striking when one considers the prejudice and hostility directed towards blacks in Canada and in the military. This research not only fills a lacuna in regards to research on White, it is also fitting because of the centenary of the formation of the No. 2 Construction (Coloured) and subsequent appointment of White, the first black chaplain in the British Empire. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-7731 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Baptist quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0005576X.2017.1343915 |