War, Peace and the British Free Churches, 1914-1945

This rich volume sheds new light on the Nonconformist Conscience and the chapels’ attitudes to armed conflict during and between the twentieth century’s two world wars. The result of fresh research, it is not only historically insightful but has much to teach us today when ‘wars and rumours of wars’ abound. * D. Densil Morgan, Emeritus Professor in Theology, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, UK *
During the fateful years 1914-1945, dominated by wars and rumours of wars, members of the Free Churches of England and Wales played key roles as reluctant conscripts, military chaplains, absolute pacifists and dedicated internationalists. These fifteen vivid case studies demonstrate their conscientious internal struggles and their significant influence over others * David Bebbington, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Stirling, UK *
This is a rich and important study which shows the depth and variety of Free Church attitudes to war and peace in the twentieth century. It will be required reading for students of war, history and religion in the period. * William Gibson, Emeritus Professor of Ecclesiastical History, Oxford Brookes University, UK *
A most informative book, which will resource both the specialist and more general reader. * Baptist Quarterly *

Andrew Chandler is Professor in Modern History at the University of Chichester, UK. He is the author of several books, including The Church of England in the Twentieth Century: The Church Commissioners and the Politics of Reform (2005) and George Bell, Bishop of Chichester: Church, State and Resistance in the Age of Dictatorship (2016).

David Ceri Jones is Reader in Modern History at University of Aberystwyth, UK. He has written several books, including most recently, as a co-author, A History of Christianity in Wales (2022).

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