International Network for the Study of War and
Religion in the Modern World
Third Annual Conference
Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre, Amport House, Hampshire
17-19 July 2013
‘The Last Absolution of the Munsters’, Fortunino Matania
This two-day conference seeks to explore the role of religion, broadly understood,
in the experience and interpretation of war from the eighteenth to the twenty-first
centuries. Abstracts are welcomed from scholars working in any field of study related to
this overarching theme, including the rhetoric and activity of the clergy, Christian and
otherwise, in societies at war, the impact of war on the religious outlook of those who
experience it at first hand, either as combatants or civilians, religious iconography in
wartime, and the place of religion in the memory of war and in the memorialisation and
commemoration of the war dead.
The conference will be hosted by the staff of the Armed Forces Chaplaincy Centre
and convened by Dr Michael Snape (University of Birmingham) and Dr Edward Madigan
(Commonwealth War Graves Commission). 400 word abstracts should be forwarded,
along with a one-page CV, to m.f.snape@bham.ac.uk or edward.madigan@cwgc.org by
April 12 2013.
The International Network for the Study of War and Religion in the Modern World
was established in 2009 to promote greater communication and collaboration among
scholars working in the field of war and religion from the eighteenth to the twenty-first
centuries. AFCC, Amport House, is a constituent College of the Defence Academy,
delivering and fostering research, education and training, and is the home of Faith across
Defence.