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The Religious Archives Group conference on the theme War and Peace: Religion and Attitudes to Modern Armed Conflict is being held at the Methodist International Centre on 15 October 2001. There are still spaces available for anyone who is interested in coming. Below are some details on the conference. This year the Religious Archives Group Conference will examine aspects of how churches, religious organisations, institutions and the general public have responded to the phenomenon of war in the twentieth century, focusing in particular on their understanding of the reality of armed conflict and the rise of movements for peace. The conference will begin with registration and coffee between 10.00 - 10.30am and will close at 3.45pm. British Catholics and the British Army in the First World War Michael Snape, University of Birmingham The Methodist Church & the Peace Movement in the Inter-War Years Dr Michael Hughes, University of Liverpool 'Being Part of the Machine': war and peacetime soldiering in the Archive of the Liddell Hart Centre Patricia Methven, Liddell Hart Centre, Kings College, London Presentation on the work and web site of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Peter Francis, War Graves Commission The cost is £37.50 including refreshments. Please contact Sarah Duffield, Church of England Record Centre, 15 Galleywall Road, South Bermondsey, London SE16 3PB for a booking form. .