Michael Snape

Jun 6, 2024 | wsj.com | Michael Snape

Soldiers prayed, while leaders saw the war as an effort against a malign pagan enemy. As the West marks the 80th anniversary of D-Day, there is a telling instance of amnesia. The religious significance of Operation Overlord, the Allied forces’ invasion of France on June 6, 1944, is largely ignored. That misses an essential part of the history. In an order distributed to the expeditionary force, Gen. Dwight D.

Jun 6, 2024 | wsj.com | Michael Snape

Yet World War II, and D-Day in particular, wasn’t the “notably secular affair” historian Paul Fussell once claimed it to be. Operation Overlord was carried out primarily by countries in which Judeo-Christian beliefs and values were normative and unifying. Despite popular misconceptions, the shock of World War I hadn’t made the Lord of Hosts redundant.

Jan 25, 2024 | livingchurch.org | Michael Snape

Review by Jamal Scarlett Michael Snape, Durham University’s Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies, has published a fifth book on religion and war in the Anglophone world. In A Church Militant, Snape examines the relationship between Anglicans and the armed forces, the military heritage and history of the Anglican Communion, and the changing cultural landscape from the mid-Victorian period to the 1970s.

Jan 2, 2024 | livingchurch.org | Michael Snape

Review by Jamal ScarlettMichael Snape, Durham University’s Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies, has published a fifth book on religion and war in the Anglophone world. In A Church Militant, Snape examines the relationship between Anglicans and the armed forces, the military heritage and history of the Anglican Communion, and the changing cultural landscape from the mid-Victorian period to the 1970s.

Oct 7, 2023 | blogs.timesofisrael.com | Michael Snape

Here’s a handy guide to help you decide who to support in the current conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. I’ll try avoid mentioning names, so you can get a gut feel about who you support. ***One side has been longing to return to their land for the last 2,000 years, “By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.” It built a country out of desert and swamps: created kibbutzim, collective villages, a thriving tech sector, and an incredible healthcare innovation system.