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Forum for Modern Language Studies 2008 44(2):199-211; doi:10.1093/fmls/cqn008
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© The Author (2008). Published by Oxford University Press for the Court of the University of St Andrews. All rights reserved

Beauty, Utility and Christian Civilisation: War Memorials and the Church of England, 1940–47

Peter Webster

Institute of Historical Research
Senate House
Malet Street
LONDON WC1E 7HU
United Kingdom


  Abstract

This article examines responses of the institutional Church of England to the issue of memorials to the Second World War. It explores the debates concerning the relationship between beauty, utility and the notion of "Christian civilisation", particularly with regard to the reconstruction of bombed churches. It argues that debates among interested clergy and others within the wider cultural "establishment" over the future form of memorials was more lively than has often been supposed hitherto.

Key Words: England • Church of England • religious art • religious architecture • war memorials • London, City of • Bell, George (Bishop of Chichester)

The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland: No. SC013532


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