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Author(s) -
Hanneke Takken
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
tijdschrift voor geschiedenis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2352-1163
pISSN - 0040-7518
DOI - 10.5117/tvgesch2019.2.005.takk
Subject(s) - protestantism , german , work (physics) , world war ii , state (computer science) , military service , law , political science , sociology , religious studies , history , engineering , philosophy , computer science , mechanical engineering , archaeology , algorithm
In the service of two masters: military chaplains during the First World War This article treats the work of the British Anglican, German Protestant and French Catholic military chaplains during the First World War. Based on a wide range of sources, the author aims to answer the question of whether these men experienced role tension. This is the tension between their religious and secular responsibilities; between their two masters: the church and the state. Especially British and German chaplains occasionally felt their secular ‘side jobs’ had a negative impact on their religious task. However, most had little difficulty integrating their work for God and their work for troop morale.