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Enlisting Faith - How the Military Chaplaincy Shaped Religion and State in Modern America (Hardcover)
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Enlisting Faith - How the Military Chaplaincy Shaped Religion and State in Modern America (Hardcover)
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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.
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