03992nam 2200625 450 991080714580332120230725055431.01-5017-5696-61-60909-027-610.1515/9781501756962(CKB)3710000000274797(EBL)3382559(SSID)ssj0001339456(PQKBManifestationID)11770523(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001339456(PQKBWorkID)11351866(PQKB)10547025(MiAaPQ)EBC3382559(OCoLC)868220386(MdBmJHUP)muse29658(Au-PeEL)EBL3382559(CaPaEBR)ebr10950043(OCoLC)923310848(DE-B1597)572396(DE-B1597)9781501756962(EXLCZ)99371000000027479720141015h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEmbattled ecumenism the National Council of Churches, the Vietnam War, and the trials of the Protestant left /Jill K. Gill ; Julia Fauci, designDeKalb, Illinois :NIU Press,2011.©20111 online resource (534 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87580-443-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: ecumenism and the Vietnam War -- The roots of ecumania -- The NCC and the American way of life -- A brief interlude on Vietnam, to 1963 -- Awakening a loyal opposition, 1964-July 1965 -- Taking a stand, July-December 1965 -- Building an ecumenical peace witness, 1966 -- Sparking debate and action, 1967 -- Campaigns, confrontations, and civil disobedience, 1968 -- Courting Nixon, December 1968-fall 1969 -- Ecumenical erosion, fall-December 1969 -- Fighting Nixon and seeking a new strategy, January 1970-March 1971 -- Waging a moral argument, March 1971-January 1973 -- Epilogue: forty years in the wilderness.The Vietnam War and its polarizing era challenged, splintered, and changed The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC), which was motivated by its ecumenical Christian vision to oppose that war and unify people. The NCC's efforts on the war exposed its strengths and imploded its weaknesses in ways instructive for religious institutions that bring their faith into politics. Embattled Ecumenism explores the ecumenical vision, anti-Vietnam War efforts, and legacy of the NCC. Gill's monumental study serves as a window into the mainline Protestant manner of engaging political issues at a unique time of national crisis and religious transformation. In vibrant prose, Gill illuminates an ecumenical institution, vision, and movement that has been largely misrepresented by the religious right, dismissed by the secular left, misunderstood by laity, and ignored by scholars outside of ecumenical circles. At a time when the majority of scholarly work is committed to looking at the religious right, Gill's groundbreaking study of the Protestant Left is a welcome addition. Embattled Ecumenism will appeal to scholars of U.S. religion, politics, and culture, as well as historians of evangelicalism and general readers interested in U.S. history and religion.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Religious aspectsChristianityUnited StatesChurch history20th centuryThe National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC), interplay between faith and politics, NCC’s anti-Vietnam War efforts, study of the Protestant Left.Vietnam War, 1961-1975Religious aspectsChristianity.277.3/08206Gill Jill K.1619619Fauci JuliaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807145803321Embattled ecumenism3951975UNINA