Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Century

by Doris L. Bergen

Publisher:

University of Notre Dame Press

, 2004

Overview

The Sword of the Lord is the first book to examine military chaplains and the development of the military chaplaincy across history and geography—from the first to the twenty-first century, from Europe to North America. The scope of this work reveals the astonishing fact that the military chaplaincy has existed in a recognizable form for more than 1,600 years. Contributors analyze specific historical moments in the development of the chaplaincy, beginning in antiquity and progressing through the Crusades, the English Civil War, the American Civil War, both World Wars, and the Vietnam War.

Key Features

• Examines military chaplains and the development of the military chaplaincy.
• Analyzes specific historical moments in the development of the chaplaincy.
• Shows an extensive mapping out of the fairly confined terrain of chaplain studies.

Product Details

• Title: The Sword of the Lord: Military Chaplains from the First to the Twenty-First Century
• Author: Doris L. Bergen
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Print Publication Date: 2004
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 298
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Chaplains, Military › History
• ISBNs: 9780268021757, 9780268048839, 0268021759, 0268048835
• Resource ID: LLS:SWRDLRDTWNCNTRY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2023-09-14T22:40:15Z

About Doris L. Bergen

Doris L. Bergen is the Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Twisted Cross: The German Christian Movement in the Third Reich (1996); War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust (2003), and editor of Lessons and Legacies VIII (2008).