A study of seven significant figures in the religion and culture of twentieth-century Wales: D. Cynddelw Williams, Timothy Rees, Lewis Valentine, J. E. Daniel, Ivor Oswy Davies, Pennar Davies and R. Tudur Jones. Each of the individual 'portraits' draws out a number of themes-for example the effects of the First World War, the polarization between church and chapel, and the clash between secularism and religious orthodoxy-and examines each of the characters in their context (Wales and beyond).
A study of seven significant figures in the religion and culture of twentieth-century Wales: D. Cynddelw Williams, Timothy Rees, Lewis Valentine, J. E...
"The Span of the Cross" is the first full-length study of the history of Christianity in twentieth-century Wales, a period that saw the trauma of two world wars, economic depression, political change, and increasingly secular attitudes. Beginning with a description of religion and its place in society in 1914, the book assesses the effect of the Great War on people s spiritual convictions and practices. Further discussions include the state of the disestablished church in Wales, the interwar crisis of nonconformity, the churches response to economic dislocation, and the role of religion in...
"The Span of the Cross" is the first full-length study of the history of Christianity in twentieth-century Wales, a period that saw the trauma of t...
Born a century ago, the poet D. Gwenallt Jones displays a rare spiritual authority that gives his work an increasing importance beyond his native Wales. His distinctive voice was shaped by his embrace of an impassioned Christianity in the face of the wars and bleak industrialism of the twentieth century, and potent images of tragedy confronted by hope and generosity are woven throughout his poetry. His precise descriptions of local people and places have a universal and timeless significance, becoming the badeground of apocalyptic powers of good and evil. Here the well-known writer Donald...
Born a century ago, the poet D. Gwenallt Jones displays a rare spiritual authority that gives his work an increasing importance beyond his native Wale...
