Bücher der Reihe Critical Problems in History

These essays analyze the importance of Christian democracy in European politics. Contributions from American and European historians and political scientists explore the historical roots of the European Christian democratic movement in Catholic social doctrine and political practice.

These essays analyze the importance of Christian democracy in European politics. Contributions from American and European historians and political scientists explore the historical roots of the European Christian democratic movement in Catholic social doctrine and political practice.

The Sword of the Lord examines the history, development, and impact of military chaplains rom the first to the twenty-first century, from Europe to North America.

The Sword of the Lord is the first book to examine military chaplains and the development of the military chaplaincy across history and geography-from the first to the twenty-first century, from Europe to North America. The scope of this work reveals the astonishing fact that the military chaplaincy has existed in a recognizable form for more than 1,600 years. Contributors analyze specific historical moments in the development of the chaplaincy, beginning in antiquity and progressing through the Crusades, the English Civil War, the American Civil War, both World Wars, and the Vietnam War.