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Priest in Deep Water: Charles Plomer Hopkins & the 1911 Seamen's Strike
From the introduction: 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 seamen's chaplaincy on the Indian sub-continent, eventually achieved an unlikely apotheosis in his announcement and leadership of the first, and, so far, only international seamen's strike. The extraordinary effect of Hopkins's 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.
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Priest in Deep Water: Charles Plomer Hopkins & the 1911 Seamen's Strike
From the introduction: 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 seamen's chaplaincy on the Indian sub-continent, eventually achieved an unlikely apotheosis in his announcement and leadership of the first, and, so far, only international seamen's strike. The extraordinary effect of Hopkins's 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.
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Priest in Deep Water: Charles Plomer Hopkins & the 1911 Seamen's Strike

Priest in Deep Water: Charles Plomer Hopkins & the 1911 Seamen's Strike

by Robert W. H. Miller
Priest in Deep Water: Charles Plomer Hopkins & the 1911 Seamen's Strike

Priest in Deep Water: Charles Plomer Hopkins & the 1911 Seamen's Strike

by Robert W. H. Miller

Overview

From the introduction: 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 seamen's chaplaincy on the Indian sub-continent, eventually achieved an unlikely apotheosis in his announcement and leadership of the first, and, so far, only international seamen's strike. The extraordinary effect of Hopkins's 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780718892326
Publisher: Lutterworth Press, The
Publication date: 12/31/2010
Pages: 226
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.48(d)

About the Author

Currently a Catholic Priest in the west of England, Robert Miller has been a long-time student of Maritime Social History and a member of the Society for Nautical 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

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
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