Our Common Conscience: Addresses Delivered In America During The Great War (1919) - Softcover

Smith, George Adam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1104148765 ISBN 13: 9781104148768

Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2009

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""Our Common Conscience: Addresses Delivered In America During The Great War"" is a book written by George Adam Smith and published in 1919. The book is a collection of speeches delivered by Smith during World War I, primarily in the United States. The speeches focus on the role of Christianity in the war and the need for a common conscience among nations. Smith argues that the war was a result of a lack of moral leadership and a failure to follow Christian principles. He also discusses the importance of peace and the need for nations to work together to prevent future conflicts. The book provides a unique perspective on the war from a religious and moral standpoint and offers insights into the attitudes and beliefs of people during this time period. Overall, ""Our Common Conscience"" is a thought-provoking and insightful book that explores the role of religion and morality in times of war.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Sir George Adam Smith was a Scottish theologian. He was the Principal of the University of Aberdeen from 1909 to 1935 and a prominent figure in the United Free Church of Scotland. He was born in Calcutta, where his father, George Smith, C.I.E., was the principal of Doveton College, a boys' school in Madras. His mother's name was Janet Colquhoun Smith. By 1870, the family had returned to Scotland and resided at Scagore House in Seafield, Edinburgh. He was educated at Edinburgh's Royal High School. He subsequently went on to study Divinity at the University of Edinburgh and New College, graduating with an MA in 1875. In 1892, he was appointed Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament at the Free Church College, Glasgow. He transferred from the Free Church of Scotland to the United Free Church of Scotland in 1900, when it was founded. He was appointed Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen in 1909 and served until his retirement in 1935. In 1916, he was chosen as a Fellow of the British Academy and knighted. He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland from 1916 to 1917. In 1917, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers included John Horne, Cargill Gilston Knott, Ben Peach, and John Sutherland Black.

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• Verlag: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1104148765
• ISBN 13: 9781104148768
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 260
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