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Jan 21, 2021 · Winston Churchill Fought for ‘Christian Civilization,’ but He Rarely Went to Church. A new biography sorts through the British prime minister’s enigmatic faith. Christopher Gehrz January 21...
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May 29, 2021 · Churchill (1874-1965) underwent conventional baptism and confirmation in the Church of England. In the upper-crust mode, his neglectful and non-religious parents left his upbringing to boarding schools (with their mandatory chapels) and especially to his beloved nanny.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955.
Churchill was not a religious man. While a young man in India, he had read Darwin’s Origins of Species, that challenge to orthodox religion, and William Winwood Reade’s Martyrdom of Man, a classic of Victorian atheism, reinforced his lack of faith in orthodox Christianity.
Jul 8, 2013 · In his post-1945 short story, The Dream, when he seems to meet the ghost of his father while dozing over a painting, he instantly responds to Lord Randolph Churchill’s question about his religion by saying he is “Episcopalian.” His direct involvement with the Church was though at best semi-detached.
Feb 10, 2015 · To Sir Anthony Montague Browne were vouchsafed a number of Churchill’s thoughts regarding religion, including the view that “The Benedictions are of God-given eloquence and beauty.” On many occasions he told Sir Anthony, “I believe that man is an immortal spirit,” which is as close to a reference to the Soul as we get from Churchill ...
With some lapses, Churchill was a lifelong philo-semite and pro-Zionist. His general view on Judaism and the Jews was based on his awareness of their spiritual potentialities and their role in history, as well as his own Christian belief.
