For God and empire: war sermons and voluntary enlistment among New Brunswick's Anglicans in the Great War, 1914 through 1917

dc.contributor.advisorMilner, Marc
dc.contributor.authorBaird, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:35:43Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:35:43Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T15:02:48Z
dc.description.abstractWhen the Great War erupted in 1914, Canadian society was more religious than it is today, which endowed clergymen with prestige and considerable influence. Their influence went into the service of Canada’s war effort, including the recruitment of men for the Canadian Expeditionary Force. This thesis examines the role of the Anglican Church as a leading voice during the years of voluntary enlistment, 1914 to 1917. Using sermons, speeches and letters printed in the secular press, it follows how the province’s Anglican Church leaders revealed the war’s meaning and grafted this onto patriotism to rally enlistment. While a definitive connection between these activities and enlistments is difficult to establish, the religious composition of several provincial battalions suggests that the efforts of the Anglican clergy were largely successful. Indeed, the evidence reveals that Anglican New Brunswickers enlisted in numbers twice their relative share of the provincial population, significantly more than other denominations.
dc.description.copyright©Ian Baird 2018
dc.formattext/xml
dc.format.extentviii, 112 pages
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/14171
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineHistory
dc.titleFor God and empire: war sermons and voluntary enlistment among New Brunswick's Anglicans in the Great War, 1914 through 1917
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Arts
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.A.

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