The head and tail of the spine are bumped, else a clean and solid copy. "Herbert Gray, a Free Church Scottish Presbyterian minister with unusually liberal views, pioneered an influential pastoral theology of married love during the 1920s and 1930s and, with it, a strikingly affective, sexualised construction of modern Christian masculinity. As this chapter will argue, his harrowing experiences as an army chaplain in World War I did much to inspire this important later work. Authoring over 30 books and essays on the socio-political relevance of modern religion, of which more than half were devoted to sex education and relationship counselling, Gray successfully anticipated governmental concerns over the perceived breakdown of family life and established himself as the venerated prophet of the marriage guidance movement:" (Iron Strength and Infinite Tenderness': Herbert Gray and the Making of Christian Masculinities at War and at Home, 1900-40- Sue Morgan)