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

Snape, Michael

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Abstract

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.

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Snape, M. (2018). Anglicanism and Interventionism: Bishop Brent, the United States, and The British Empire in the First World War. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 69(2), 300-325. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022046917000616

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jan 25, 2017
Online Publication Date Mar 6, 2017
Publication Date Apr 1, 2018
Deposit Date Jan 25, 2017
Publicly Available Date Jan 26, 2017
Journal Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Print ISSN 0022-0469
Electronic ISSN 1469-7637
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 69
Issue 2
Pages 300-325
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022046917000616

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This article has been published in a revised form in the journal of ecclesiastical history https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022046917000616. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Press 2017




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