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Embattled ecumenism : the National Council of Churches, the Vietnam War, and the trials of the Protestant left / Jill K. Gill.
LIBRA BX6.N2 G55 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gill, Jill K.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America--History--20th century.
- National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Christianity.
- History.
- United States--Church history--20th century.
- United States.
- Church history.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 551 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2011]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780875804439
- 0875804438
- OCLC:
- 712983582
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