Season 2 of the RCRM Speakers Series explores various aspects of loss in the context of military conflict. When this topic attracts scholarly attention, the unthinkable is often revealed. Complex facets of the dynamic between mourning and commemoration, deprivation and rejection or disposal of war by-products surface. All of it leaves undeniable traces on the communities found in the path of the clash. The series ran in two parts: from January to June and after a two-months summer break, from September to November 2021. Each talk premiered on the museum YouTube channel, followed by a podcast episode released three weeks later.
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Season 2 of the RCRM Speakers Series explores various aspects of loss in the context of military conflict. When this topic attracts scholarly attention, the unthinkable is often revealed. Complex facets of the dynamic between mourning and commemoration, deprivation and rejection or disposal of war by-products surface. All of it leaves undeniable traces on the communities found in the path of the clash. The series ran in two parts: from January to June and after a two-months summer break, from September to November 2021. Each talk premiered on the museum YouTube channel, followed by a podcast episode released three weeks later.
The Trauma of War and the Rise of Religious Pacifism in the Interwar Years, 1919-1939
RCRM Speakers Series - Season 2
43 minutes
4 years ago
The Trauma of War and the Rise of Religious Pacifism in the Interwar Years, 1919-1939
Season 2, Episode 1 This presentation explores the trajectory of and motives for the shift in the church's discourse between the two world wars (1919-1939). The presentation demonstrates that the shift in perspective was a result of a number of influences, a primary one being the unprecedented and traumatic losses experienced during the Great War. The familiar rhetoric of war simply could not stand in the face of such losses. Professor Gordon Heath is Professor of Christian History and Centenary Chair in World Christianity at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. Among his published titles are Doing Church History: A User-friendly Introduction to Researching the History of Christianity (2008), and A War with a Silver Lining: Canadian Protestant Churches and the South African War, 1899-1902 (2009). Contributors: Mark Vogelsang Gordon Heath Georgiana Stanciu The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
RCRM Speakers Series - Season 2
Season 2 of the RCRM Speakers Series explores various aspects of loss in the context of military conflict. When this topic attracts scholarly attention, the unthinkable is often revealed. Complex facets of the dynamic between mourning and commemoration, deprivation and rejection or disposal of war by-products surface. All of it leaves undeniable traces on the communities found in the path of the clash. The series ran in two parts: from January to June and after a two-months summer break, from September to November 2021. Each talk premiered on the museum YouTube channel, followed by a podcast episode released three weeks later.
