Sacred and Secular Martyrdom in Britain and Ireland since 1914

John Wolffe is Professor of Religious History at the Open University, UK, and recently (2013-15) held an RCUK Global Uncertainties Leadership Fellowship which supported the research for this book. He is the author of numerous books and articles on modern North Atlantic religious history, especially evangelicalism, religion and nationalism and responses to death.

• Preface1. Varieties of Martyrdom2. The Cross of Sacrifice: Commemorating the Dead of the First World War3. Faiths of their Fathers and their Children: Varieties of Martyrdom in Inter-War Britain4. From Easter to Good Friday: Martyrs for Ireland5. Christian Martyrdom and War Remembrance: From the Second World War to the Falklands6. Rejecting and Reinventing Martyrdom: The Sacred and the Secular since the 1980s7. Conclusion: The Legacies of HistoryAppendix: Interviewee Key Characteristics and DatesBibliographyIndex

This is a lucid, engaging and fascinating account of sacred and secular martyrdom in Britain and Ireland since the outbreak of the First World War. Drawing on a wide range of original material, Wolffe sheds fresh light on the contested and malleable nature of Martyrdom. This timely book raises significant questions about how martyrs are created, remembered and debated over