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A cautious patriotism : the American churches & the Second World War

Author: Gerald Lawson Sittser
Publisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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In A Cautious Patriotism, Gerald Sittser examines the issues raised by World War II in light of the reactions they provoked among Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Unitarians, and members of other Christian denominations. As Sittser demonstrates, religious concerns played a part in the debate over American entry into the war and continued to resurface over issues of mobilization, military chaplaincy, civil  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Sittser, Gerald Lawson, 1950-
Cautious patriotism.
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c1997
(OCoLC)606134930
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gerald Lawson Sittser
ISBN: 0807823333 9780807823330
OCLC Number: 35269958
Description: x, 317 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 1. The Crisis --
2. Promises to Keep --
3. The Fine Line --
4. The Great Debate --
5. The Big Question --
6. Christian Faith & Democracy --
7. Church & Society --
8. Ministry & Mobilization --
9. Ministry & the Military --
10. Civil Rights & the War at Home --
11. The Cost of War --
12. Suffering Beyond Measure --
13. The Post War World --
14. The Prospects of a Cautious Patriotism.
Responsibility: Gerald L. Sittser.

Abstract:

In A Cautious Patriotism, Gerald Sittser examines the issues raised by World War II in light of the reactions they provoked among Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Unitarians, and members of other Christian denominations. As Sittser demonstrates, religious concerns played a part in the debate over American entry into the war and continued to resurface over issues of mobilization, military chaplaincy, civil rights, the internment of Japanese Americans, Jewish suffering, the dropping of the atomic bomb, and postwar planning. Ultimately, Sittser says, the churches' behavior during World War II played a key role in the resurgence they experienced in the wake of the war.

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