Brethren in Adversity: Bishop George Bell, the Church of England and the Crisis of German Protestantism
Travel "diaries" of Bishop George Bell from 1933 to 1939 provide insights into the crisis of German Protestantism in those years.

Throughout the middle years of the twentieth century George Bell, bishop of Chichester 1929-57, was deeply involved in the ecumenical movement and the political life of Europe. His sustained commitment to German affairs was demonstrated by his ten visits to Germany, between 1928 and 1957. They are documented in extensive travel "diaries", some of them purely personal and others circulated confidentially to fellow church leaders at the time. Together with other related sources, they provide extraordinary insights into the struggles of the German churches during and after the Third Reich. Equally, they demonstrate the profound difficulties which English Christians faced in coming toterms with a very different Protestant Christianity, and a disturbingly violent political culture.

ANDREW CHANDLER teaches in the Department of History at the Universityof Birmingham.
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Brethren in Adversity: Bishop George Bell, the Church of England and the Crisis of German Protestantism
Travel "diaries" of Bishop George Bell from 1933 to 1939 provide insights into the crisis of German Protestantism in those years.

Throughout the middle years of the twentieth century George Bell, bishop of Chichester 1929-57, was deeply involved in the ecumenical movement and the political life of Europe. His sustained commitment to German affairs was demonstrated by his ten visits to Germany, between 1928 and 1957. They are documented in extensive travel "diaries", some of them purely personal and others circulated confidentially to fellow church leaders at the time. Together with other related sources, they provide extraordinary insights into the struggles of the German churches during and after the Third Reich. Equally, they demonstrate the profound difficulties which English Christians faced in coming toterms with a very different Protestant Christianity, and a disturbingly violent political culture.

ANDREW CHANDLER teaches in the Department of History at the Universityof Birmingham.
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Brethren in Adversity: Bishop George Bell, the Church of England and the Crisis of German Protestantism

Brethren in Adversity: Bishop George Bell, the Church of England and the Crisis of German Protestantism

by Andrew Chandler (Editor)
Brethren in Adversity: Bishop George Bell, the Church of England and the Crisis of German Protestantism

Brethren in Adversity: Bishop George Bell, the Church of England and the Crisis of German Protestantism

by Andrew Chandler (Editor)

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Travel "diaries" of Bishop George Bell from 1933 to 1939 provide insights into the crisis of German Protestantism in those years.

Throughout the middle years of the twentieth century George Bell, bishop of Chichester 1929-57, was deeply involved in the ecumenical movement and the political life of Europe. His sustained commitment to German affairs was demonstrated by his ten visits to Germany, between 1928 and 1957. They are documented in extensive travel "diaries", some of them purely personal and others circulated confidentially to fellow church leaders at the time. Together with other related sources, they provide extraordinary insights into the struggles of the German churches during and after the Third Reich. Equally, they demonstrate the profound difficulties which English Christians faced in coming toterms with a very different Protestant Christianity, and a disturbingly violent political culture.

ANDREW CHANDLER teaches in the Department of History at the Universityof Birmingham.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780851156927
Publisher: BOYDELL & BREWER INC
Publication date: 03/06/1997
Series: Church of England Record Society , #4
Edition description: ANN
Pages: 196
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Andrew Chandler is Director of the George Bell Institute and Reader in Modern History at the University of Chichester.
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