An historical study of United States religious responses to the Vietnam War : a matter of national morality /
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| Author / Creator: | Nutt, Rick. |
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| Imprint: | Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (610 pages) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11132050 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- A "preservation and extension of freedom:" background of the Vietnam War and religious attitudes toward U.S. foreign policy
- "Let every person be subject to governing:" religious leaders and organizations supporting United States policy in Vietnam
- "One could regret the killing and insist that it should continue:" denominational support for the Vietnam War
- "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
- "Some are guilty, all are responsible:" liberal ecumenical para-religious organizations assess the morality of the Vietnam War
- "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
- "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
- "Does our nation need restraining by other nations?:" denominations questioning the morality of the Vietnam War Old-line Protestant denominational statements up to the Tet Offensive
- "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
- "The American ghetto and the Hanoi operation were a single enterprise:" rejecting the belief in United States morality and exceptionalism
- Conclusion.