Enlisting faith: how the military chaplaincy shaped religion and state in modern America
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 F...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Stahl, Ronit Y., Enlisting Faith: How the Military Chaplaincy Shaped Religion and State in Modern America] (2020) (Radloff, Nancy Saultz)
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HISTORY ; Military ; Other
B TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science B United States B Religion and state B Military chaplains B Electronic books B Religion and state (United States) History 20th century B HISTORY ; United States ; 20th Century B History B Military chaplains (United States) History 20th century B Informational works |
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| Summary: | 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.-- 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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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0674981308 |