The books cover all aspects of the Salvation Army, its history, principal characters - especially the Booths - its theology, studies on the bible, its social welfare concerns, its missionary and international work, its youth work, and its musicand hymns. They feature copies of its The Warrior and All the world journals, and its year books etc.
Salvation Army (Durham) Library
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- Dates of Creation1878-2019
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- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description13 metres (815 titles)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation, founded by William Booth and his wife Catherine as the East London Christian Mission in 1865. Its founders sought to bring salvation to the poor,destitute, and hungry by meeting both their "physical and spiritual needs". It is now present in 131 countries, running charity shops, operating shelters for the homeless and disaster relief and humanitarian aid to developing countries. The theologyof the Salvation Army is derived from that of Methodism, although it is distinctive in institution and practice. A peculiarity of the Army is that it gives its clergy titles of military ranks, such as "lieutenant" or "major". It does not celebratethe rites of Baptism and Holy Communion, following a doctrine otherwise typical of holiness churches in the Wesleyan-Arminian tradition. The Army's purposes are "the advancement of the Christian religion ... of education, the relief of poverty, andother charitable objects beneficial to society or the community of mankind as a whole". It has had a base in Durham, currently 48-49 Saddler Street, since the 1920s.
Arrangement
37 titles are in a straight numerical sequence, with the rest following the library's Dewey decimal classification.
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Open for consultation.
Acquisition Information
Donated by the Durham Salvation Army in 2007 with additions in 2010.
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Printed material is catalogued in Discover
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