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The United States Army Chaplaincy: Encouraging faith, supporting soldiers (2 v.)
Author: Encouraging Faith, Supporting Soldiers
Author: John W. BrimsfieldPublisher:
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Category : Military chaplains
Languages : en
Pages : 840
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Encouraging Faith, Supporting Soldiers
Author: John Wesley BrinsfieldPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 834
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Encouraging Faith, Supporting Soldiers
Author: John Wesley BrinsfieldPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 792
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Encouraging Faith, Supporting Soldiers
Author: John Wesley BrinsfieldPublisher:
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Pages : 0
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The United States Army Chaplaincy: (1975-1995) Encouraging faith, supporting soldiers
Author: Enlisting Faith
Author: Ronit Y. StahlPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674981316
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 385
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A century ago, as the United States prepared to enter World War I, the 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. Moving from the battlefields of Europe to the jungles of Vietnam and between the forests of Civilian Conservation Corps camps and meetings in government offices, Ronit Y. Stahl reveals how the military borrowed from and battled religion. Just as the state relied on religion to sanction war and sanctify death, so too did religious groups seek recognition as American faiths. At times the state used religion to advance imperial goals. But religious citizens pushed back, challenging the state to uphold constitutional promises and moral standards. Despite the constitutional separation of church and state, the federal government authorized and managed religion in the military. The chaplaincy demonstrates how state leaders scrambled to handle the nation’s deep religious, racial, and political complexities. While officials debated which clergy could serve, what insignia they would wear, and what religions appeared on dog tags, chaplains led worship for a range of faiths, navigated questions of conscience, struggled with discrimination, and confronted untimely death. Enlisting Faith is a vivid 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.
Serving God and Country
Author: Lyle W. DorsettPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0425253554
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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In World War II, more than twelve thousand Protestant ministers, Catholic priests, and Jewish rabbis joined the Chaplain Corps. They were men of faith under fire. And they would charge straight into Hell to save the soul of a single soldier… Representing America’s three major religious traditions, volunteers from across the country enlisted as noncombatant commissioned officers to provide spiritual strength and guidance for those fighting men who never knew if they were going to survive. Armed only with Bibles, Torahs, and the tools of their holy trade, these men of God went wherever the troops went. They prayed over men about to go into combat on land, at sea, and in the air. And, most important and difficult of all, they guided fallen fighting men of every faith as they breathed their last, and gave up their lives in the fight against tyranny. These are the personal stories of some of the bravest and most selfless men who served with the armed forces. Many lost their lives or suffered debilitating wounds as they strived to keep the military personnel spiritually awake, morally fit—and prepared to make the journey from this world to the next without fear or despair, and with the trust of the Almighty in their hearts. INCLUDES PHOTOGRAPHS
The Army Chaplaincy
Author: Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1144
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