An Historical Study of United States Religious Responses to the Vietnam War [electronic resource] : A Matter of National Morality

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nutt, Rick.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961- 1975--Religious aspects.

Vietnam War, 1961- 1975.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Religious aspects--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Local Subjects:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975--United States.

Vietnam War, 1961- 1975--Religious aspects.

Vietnam War, 1961- 1975.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (610 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Historical Study of United States Religious Responses to the Vietnam War

An Historical Study of United States Religious Responses to the Vietnam War

Place of Publication:

Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A historical analysis of the how various American religious groups responded to the Vietnam war, both in support and in opposition.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part One; Introduction; Chapter One: A ""Preservation and Extension of Freedom:"" Background of the Vietnam War and Religious Attitudes Toward U.S. Foreign Policy; Part Two; Chapter Two: Let Every Person be Subject to Governing:"" Religious Leaders and Organizations Supporting United States Policy in Vietnam; Chapter Three: ""One Could Regret the Killing and Insist That It should Continue:"" Denominational Support for the Vietnam War

Chapter Four: ""Our Action in Vietnam Falls Within International Law and the Laws of War:"" Just War Defense of the United States in the Vietnam War and the Embrace of Exceptionalism Part Three; Chapter V: ""Some Are Guilty, All Are Responsible:"" Liberal Ecumenical Para-Religious Organizations Assess the Morality of the Vietnam War; Chapter Six: "The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World Today: My Own Government": Other Christian and Jewish Organizations and Leaders Respond to the Morality of the Vietnam War

Chapter Seven: "Moral Outrage Over This War is Simply not an Emotion Shared By the Nixon Majority:"" Issues Confronted by Para-Religious Organizations and Individuals during the Vietnam War Chapter Eight: "Does Our Nation Need Restraining By Other Nations?:"" Denominations Questioning the Morality of the Vietnam WarOld-Line Protestant Denominational Statements up to the Tet Offensive; Part Four; Chapter Nine: "The Profound Moral Dimensions of the War and the Chasm This Opened in U.S. Public Opinion:"" Opposing the War with Moral Arguments and a New Understanding of Exceptionalism

Chapter Ten: "The American Ghetto and the Hanoi Operation were a Single Enterprise:"" Rejecting the Belief in United States Morality and ExceptionalismConclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Bibliography; Subject Index; Index of Names

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-7734-2126-2

OCLC:

793510997