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Author Whitt, Jacqueline E.

Title Bringing God to men : American military chaplains and the Vietnam War / Jacqueline E. Whitt
Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (313 pages)
Contents Consensus and Civil Religion -- Duty and Relationships -- Conflict and Identity -- Liturgy and Interpretation -- Discourse and Debate -- Reflection and Reconciliation -- Dissent and Mission
Summary "During the latter half of the twentieth century, the American military chaplaincy underwent a profound transformation. A broad-based and ecumenical institution in the post-World War II era, the chaplaincy emerged from the Vietnam War as generally conservative and evangelical. In both eras--before and after the conflict in Vietnam--the political, martial, and religious views of the chaplaincy mirrored those of mainstream religious and military culture. During the Vietnam War, though, the chaplaincy underwent an exceptional divergence from this conformation to the mainstream. Because of their dual allegiances to their denominations and to the military, chaplains found themselves thrown into the middle of the heated contention surrounding the conflict. Drawing from previously unpublished memories, periodicals, official histories, and oral interviews, Jacqueline Whitt charts the role of the chaplaincy in mediating conflicts between their often anti-war faiths and the military. In this benchmark study, Whitt shows how Vietnam War-era chaplains served as vital links between diverse communities, sometimes working to reconcile--both personally and publicly--conflicting worldviews, while creating religious contexts unique to combat based on shared experience rather than traditional theologies"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd
Subject Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Chaplains
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Religious aspects.
Military chaplains -- United States -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century
Military chaplains -- Vietnam -- Attitudes -- History -- 20th century
Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Social aspects -- United States
Social conflict -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Social change -- United States -- History -- 20th century
HISTORY -- Military -- Vietnam War.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
HISTORY -- Asia -- Southeast Asia.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
Armed Forces -- Chaplains
Chaplains
War -- Religious aspects
Social aspects
Social change
Social conflict
Militärgeistlicher
Vietnamkrieg
Fältpräster.
Vietnamkriget 1957-1975 -- religiösa aspekter.
Vietnamkriget 1957-1975 -- sociala aspekter.
Försoning -- sociala aspekter.
Samhällsförändring.
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Chaplains -- History -- 20th century
Subject United States
Vietnam
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469614526
1469614529
9781469612959
146961295X