LEADER 03992nam 2200625 450 001 9910787134503321 005 20230725055431.0 010 $a1-5017-5696-6 010 $a1-60909-027-6 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501756962 035 $a(CKB)3710000000274797 035 $a(EBL)3382559 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001339456 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11770523 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001339456 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11351866 035 $a(PQKB)10547025 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3382559 035 $a(OCoLC)868220386 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29658 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3382559 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10950043 035 $a(OCoLC)923310848 035 $a(DE-B1597)572396 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501756962 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000274797 100 $a20141015h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEmbattled ecumenism $ethe National Council of Churches, the Vietnam War, and the trials of the Protestant left /$fJill K. Gill ; Julia Fauci, design 210 1$aDeKalb, Illinois :$cNIU Press,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (534 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87580-443-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 607 $aUnited States$xChurch history$y20th century 610 $aThe National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC), interplay between faith and politics, NCC?s anti-Vietnam War efforts, study of the Protestant Left. 615 0$aVietnam War, 1961-1975$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a277.3/08206 700 $aGill$b Jill K.$01566015 702 $aFauci$b Julia 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787134503321 996 $aEmbattled ecumenism$93836250 997 $aUNINA