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God and the British Soldier

God and the British Soldier

Michael Snape

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Editorial:
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2005
Materia
Historia
ISBN:
9780415196772

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Drawing on a wealth of new material from military, ecclesiastical and secular civilian archives, this book shows that religion had much greater currency and influence in twentieth-century British society than has previously been realized.

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