This article examines the career of the Irish Presbyterian minister and member of the Westminster parliament, James Little, as a case study of Presbyterian clerical responses to the Second World War in Northern Ireland. Establishing a more detailed narrative of contemporary interpretations of the conflict improves our understanding of the functions of religious institutions during the period. It demonstrates that Presbyterian church leaders were largely enthusiastic supporters of the war, employing theological language while promoting the agenda of unionist politics. By juxtaposing clerical politico-religious support for the war with their commitment to conservative moral standards, the article assesses the strength with which these views were held, thereby adding to our knowledge of Presbyterianism in the 1940s. The article also situates the Northern Ireland Presbyterian view of the war within the context of the United Kingdom.

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北爱尔兰的长老会、工会主义和第二次世界大战：詹姆斯·利特尔 (James Little) 的职业生涯，1939-46 年

本文考察了爱尔兰长老会牧师和威斯敏斯特议会议员詹姆斯·利特尔的职业生涯，作为长老会文职人员对北爱尔兰第二次世界大战的反应的案例研究。对冲突的当代解释建立更详细的叙述可以提高我们对这一时期宗教机构功能的理解。它表明长老会的教会领袖在很大程度上是战争的热心支持者，在宣传工会政治议程的同时使用神学语言。通过将文职人员对战争的政治宗教支持与他们对保守道德标准的承诺并列，本文评估了这些观点的力量，从而增加了我们对 1940 年代长老会的认识。