Priests de la Resistance!
The loose canons who fought Fascism in the twentieth century
by The Revd Fergus Butler-Gallie
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Pub Date 24 Jan 2020 | Archive Date 3 Sep 2019
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Description
Who says you can't fight fascism in a cassock?
Whoever said that Christians had to be meek and mild hadn’t met Félix Kir – parish priest, French resistance hero and inventor of the Kir Royale. And they probably weren’t thinking of Archbishop Damaskinos who, when threatened with the firing squad by the Nazis, replied, ‘Please respect our traditions – in Greece we hang our archbishops.’
Whether pushing down country roads atop a tank or taking a bullet for an innocent schoolgirl, these fifteen extraordinary people were willing to give their lives to fight for the world they believed in. Wherever fascism has taken root, it has met with resistance. From wartime Athens to sixties Alabama, Vichy France to military dictatorship in Brazil, these are the priests who dared to speak out (and act out) against those who would persuade us that hate is stronger than love.
Advance Praise
Praise for A Field Guide to the English Clergy:
‘A group biography of ecclesiastical nuttiness… All gloriously mad.' The Times, Books of the Year 2018
‘Eye-popping tales of lunacy, debauchery and depravity…Butler-Gallie, knows whereof he writes, being a curate himself, and he has done a splendid job presenting a smorgasbord of most peculiar parsons.' Sebastian Shakespeare, Daily Mail
‘We have…always kept a special haven for oddballs in the Church of England, as Fergus Butler-Gallie demonstrates in this entertaining compendium…Their foibles cover all bases from absentmindedness to epic drunkenness…I'm glad I read this one. It's a lot of fun.' The Times
‘Entertainingly erudite…But it is also a surprisingly profound work…For all its mischief, Butler-Gallie's work of lightly worn erudition is a paean to a great English institution, finely tuned to the temper of its representatives, good, bad and indifferent. We should treasure it more.' Literary Review
‘A humorous compendium of some of the oddball clergy who have served the Church over the centuries...These thumbnail portraits reveal a very broad church indeed.' New Statesman
‘The Church of England has produced some real oddballs in its time, and this is an entertaining gallop through several centuries' worth of them…Butler-Gallie has done his homework, digging out some rare gems…This is the story not just of eccentrics, but also of a leisured age that is no more.' Harry Mount, Spectator
‘Wonderfully entertaining…A hilarious yet thoughtful reminder that the Christian faith wasn't always thought incompatible with a sense of humour or a healthy bolshiness.' Sunday Times
‘It may have the makings of a modern classic…Butler-Gallie chronicles not just Anglican follies, but also human weaknesses which we all share and with which we can perhaps sympathise.' The Catholic Herald
‘This is a ridiculously enjoyable book: funny, compassionate, and wonderfully well-written.' Tom Holland
‘A delightful, sympathetic, humorous and earthed cocktail of quirky English clergy.' The Rt Revd David Wilbourne
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781786076724 |
| PRICE | CA$29.95 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
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