Faith and The First World War

As services and acts of remembrance across the land mark Britain’s entry into the First World War, All Things Considered explores how the churches and chapels of Wales responded to this cataclysm.

How justified are the claims that some acted as recruiting agents? How did faith show itself in the lines? And to what extent did the war change the life of the churches and how they were seen by their communities?

With a global perspective, one of the programme’s guests argues that the world’s faiths are still living with the consequences of the conflict. Dr Philip Jenkins, Distinguished Professor of History at Baylor University in Texas, who grew up in Port Talbot, has written 25 books, translated into 14 languages, and has been described as ‘one of America’s best scholars of religion.’ His most recent work is The Great and Holy War: How World War 1 Changed Religion For Ever.