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Priest in Deep Water Robert Miller

Priest in Deep Water By Robert Miller

Priest in Deep Water by Robert Miller


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Summary

An account of the remarkable life of Charles Plomer Hopkins, the maritime chaplain and trades unionist who led the first international seamen's strike.

Priest in Deep Water Summary

Priest in Deep Water: Charles Hopkins and the 1911 Seamen's Strike by Robert Miller

This book is an introduction to the remarkable life of Charles Plomer Hopkins. Charles Plomer Hopkins, a Victorian church organist, called by circumstance to a seamenis chaplaincy on the Indian sub-continent, eventually achieved an unlikely apotheosis in his announcement and leadership of the first, and, so far, only international seamenis strike. 'The extraordinary effect of Hopkinsis ministry among seafarers on his own and other churches is only now beginning to be appreciated. His influence was profound. His troubles, often of his own manufacture, were great. It seemed apt to entitle his life story Priest in Deep Water, its ambiguity encapsulating both the general thrust of his ministry and the particular troubles by which it was dogged.' From the Introduction.

Priest in Deep Water Reviews

'This is a very detailed book ... it throws a powerful light on an interesting and idiosyncratic figure, and does not avoid dealing with the controversial features of the subject's life' Michael Yelton, author of Anglican Papalism: A History (2008), Alfred Hope Patten: The Shrine of Our Lady at Waslingham (2006), Anglican-Church Buildings in London, 1915-1945 (2007) '...Hopkins is an interesting figure who is not well known. Miller has thoroughly researched his life and done admirable detective work with somewhat scanty resources[...] ...This book gives us some insight into Hopkins and demonstrates his importance...' Suzanne Geissler, Anglican & Episcopal History, Vol. 82, Number 1, March 2013

About Robert Miller

Currently a Catholic Priest in the west of England, Robert Miller has been a long-time student of Maritime Social History and member of the Society for Nauthical Research and the International Maritime Economic History Association. He has worked for both the Missions to Seaman and the Apostleship of the Sea.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents: I Early Contacts with Sailors, II Port Chaplain in Rangoon, III Hopkins in Akyab, IV London Interlude, V In Calcutta, VI Meeting Havelock Wilson 1894-1900, VII Towards a Strike 1900-1911, VIII The Strike, IX After the Strike, X Conclusion, Bibliography

Additional information

GOR006773789
9780718892326
0718892321
Priest in Deep Water: Charles Hopkins and the 1911 Seamen's Strike by Robert Miller
Used - Very Good
Paperback
James Clarke & Co Ltd
20101126
140
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