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Record Nr.

UNINA9910150293703321

Autore

Heath Gordon L

Titolo

American Churches and the First World War

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Eugene : , : Wipf and Stock Publishers, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-5326-0115-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 pages)

Collana

McMaster General Studies Series ; ; v.7

Disciplina

940.30973

Soggetti

United States Church history 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

The centenary of America's declaration of war in 1917 is a fitting time to examine afresh the reaction of the American churches to the conflict. What was the impact of the war on the churches as well as the churches' hoped-for influence on the nation's war effort? Commenting on themes such as nationalism, nativism, nation-building, dissent, just war, and pacifism, this book provides a window into those perilous times from the viewpoint of Mainline and Evangelical Protestants, Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Mennonites, Quakers, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses. Also included are chapters on developments among American military chaplains in the First World War and the reaction of the American churches to the Armenian Genocide.