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1 online resource (x, 348 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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A century ago, as the United States prepared to enter World War I, the American military chaplaincy included only mainline Protestants and Catholics. Today it counts Jews, Mormons, Muslims, Christian Scientists, Buddhists, Seventh-day Adventists, Hindus, and evangelicals among its ranks. Enlisting Faith traces the uneven processes through which the military struggled with, encouraged, and regulated religious pluralism over the twentieth century. Despite the constitutional separation of church and state, the federal government formally authorized and managed religion in the military. While officials debated which chaplains could serve, what insignia they would wear, and what religions soldiers could mark on dog tags, clergy in uniform figured out how to lead worship for and teach character education to a broad range of faiths, confronted racial discrimination and rape, wrestled with untimely death and proselytizing, and navigated conscientious objection to war. Enlisting Faith is a vivid, lively portrayal of religious encounters, state regulation, and the trials of faith--in God and country--experienced by the millions of Americans who fought in and with the armed forces in modern America.-- Provided by publisher. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: The mixed-up dog tags of Private Leonard Shapiro -- Mobilizing faith -- "Christ is the melting pot for all our differences" -- The boundaries of religious citizenship -- Chaplain Jim wants you! -- The military-spiritual complex -- "Maybe God is an American" -- Moral objection and religious objection -- Fighting with faith -- Epilogue: Between God and the American state. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2020. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2020. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Military chaplains -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Military chaplains. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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Religion and state -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Religion and state. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Informational works.
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History.
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History.
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Informational works.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stahl, Ronit Y., 1980- Enlisting faith. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2017 9780674972155 (DLC) 2017009230 (OCoLC)981907803 |
| ISBN |
9780674981300 (electronic book) |
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0674981308 (electronic book) |
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9780674972155 |
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0674972155 |
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