Trauma, Religion and Spirituality in Germany during the First World War

Author:   Prof. Jason Crouthamel (Grand Valley State University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Pages:   272
Publication Date:   18 May 2023
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Author:   Prof. Jason Crouthamel (Grand Valley State University, USA)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781350270480


ISBN 10:   1350270482
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   18 May 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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[A] deeply humanistic explanation of the effects of wartime trauma on the religious and spiritual lives of German soldiers ... Through intimate portrayals of soldiers' minds and souls, Crouthamel invites readers to join in a core practice of historical study, empathy ... Crouthamel demonstrates with skill the profound and everlasting resilience of humanity in the face of trauma and the consequential historical impact of moral injuries inflicted by war. --George L. Mosse Program in History, University of Wisconsin-Madison How did ordinary soldiers cope with the bloody traumas of the First World War? Jason Crouthamel shows how they sought meaning from religion and spirituality. He encourages readers to think about the hopes of German soldiers as they encountered unimaginable terror. This is a book to transform the way we think about human resilience and despair. --Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Crouthamel's fine study shows how religious life in Germany between 1914 and 1918 was a rich amalgam of beliefs, hope and fantasy braided together by ordinary people to help them survive the unbearable strain of living through the Great War. The state did not create this efflorescence of religious practices and images. They emerged from within a society pushed to the limits of emotional endurance and beyond. --Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University, USA Crouthamel has constructed a rich history of religion and religiosity during the First World War, not only 'from above', but also and especially 'from below'. His book carefully demonstrates the complex and diverse nature of the experience of this war on German soldiers. Crouthamel shows how both religion and alternative systems of belief were utilised by German soldiers at the front. His book displays both great breadth and depth in its coverage, using memoirs, diaries and letters extremely effectively to offer an important perspective on the experiential trauma of the First World War --Lisa Pine, Author of Hitler's 'National Community': Society and Culture in Nazi Germany


[A] deeply humanistic explanation of the effects of wartime trauma on the religious and spiritual lives of German soldiers ... Through intimate portrayals of soldiers' minds and souls, Crouthamel invites readers to join in a core practice of historical study, empathy ... Crouthamel demonstrates with skill the profound and everlasting resilience of humanity in the face of trauma and the consequential historical impact of moral injuries inflicted by war. * George L. Mosse Program in History, University of Wisconsin-Madison * How did ordinary soldiers cope with the bloody traumas of the First World War? Jason Crouthamel shows how they sought meaning from religion and spirituality. He encourages readers to think about the hopes of German soldiers as they encountered unimaginable terror. This is a book to transform the way we think about human resilience and despair. * Joanna Bourke, Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London, UK * Crouthamel's fine study shows how religious life in Germany between 1914 and 1918 was a rich amalgam of beliefs, hope and fantasy braided together by ordinary people to help them survive the unbearable strain of living through the Great War. The state did not create this efflorescence of religious practices and images. They emerged from within a society pushed to the limits of emotional endurance and beyond. * Jay Winter, Charles J. Stille Professor of History Emeritus, Yale University, USA * Crouthamel has constructed a rich history of religion and religiosity during the First World War, not only 'from above', but also and especially 'from below'. His book carefully demonstrates the complex and diverse nature of the experience of this war on German soldiers. Crouthamel shows how both religion and alternative systems of belief were utilised by German soldiers at the front. His book displays both great breadth and depth in its coverage, using memoirs, diaries and letters extremely effectively to offer an important perspective on the experiential trauma of the First World War * Lisa Pine, Author of Hitler's 'National Community': Society and Culture in Nazi Germany *


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Jason Crouthamel is Professor of History at Grand Valley State University, USA. He is the author of An Intimate History of the Front: Masculinity, Sexuality and Ordinary German Soldiers in the First World War (2014) and The Great War and German Memory: Society, Politics and Psychological Trauma (2009). He has also co-edited, along with Peter Leese, Psychological Trauma and the Legacy of the First World War (2016) and Traumatic Memories of the Second World War and After (2016). He recently co-edited, with Julia B. Köhne and Peter Leese, Languages of Trauma: History, Memory and Media (2021).

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