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Author Gill, Jill K., author

Title Embattled ecumenism : the National Council of Churches, the Vietnam War, and the trials of the Protestant left / Jill K. Gill ; Julia Fauci, design
Published DeKalb, Illinois : NIU Press, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (564 pages) : illustrations
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America fast
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
War -- Religious aspects
Christianity
SUBJECT United States -- Church history -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139929
Subject United States
Genre/Form Church history
History
Form Electronic book
Author Fauci, Julia, designer
ISBN 9781609090272
1609090276
0875804438
9780875804439
9781501756962
1501756966