Daniel Hughes: The Sledgehammer Pastor

Ivor Thomas Rees

ISBN 10: 1784610771 / ISBN 13: 9781784610777

Edité par Y Lolfa, 2015

The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR007624287

Synopsis :

A biography of an unconventional Nonconformist minister who served churches of various denominations in Lancashire and Cheshire, and America, but mainly in industrial south Wales, during his long life. His Socialist ideals often brought him into conflict with his deacons. Being locked out of his chapels by the officers on two occasions, he resorted to the use of the sledgehammer to gain admittance hence the epithet in the title. Daniel Hughes was an unconventional minister in many ways, not least for having been imprisoned in Walton Gaol. He not only took an active part in politics on a local government level, but he contested parliamentary elections as well. Rather than take a pacifist stance against the Great War as might be expected, he wished to take on a combatant role, but had to make do as a medical orderly. He was accused of drinking at public houses, when Baptist ministers were expected to be teetotal, and was also probably a divorced man, his wife having disappeared off-stage sometime during his turbulent career. Perhaps the most unusual feature of all was his naturist frolic with friends into the Monmouthshire countryside.

À propos de l'auteur: Ivor Thomas Rees is retired church minister and the author of Welsh Hustings 1885 2004, Saintly Enigma, and Pathway to the Cross.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Daniel Hughes: The Sledgehammer Pastor
Éditeur : Y Lolfa
Date d'édition : 2015
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : Very Good