Enlisting Faith - How Military Chaplaincy Shaped Religion State in Modern America

Ronit Stahl traces the ways the U.S. military struggled with, encouraged, and regulated religious pluralism and scrambled to handle the nation¿s deep religious, racial, and political complexity. Just as the state relied on religion to sanction combat missions and sanctify war deaths, so too did religious groups seek validation as American faiths.

About the author

Ronit Y. Stahl is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.

Summary

Ronit Stahl traces the ways the U.S. military struggled with, encouraged, and regulated religious pluralism and scrambled to handle the nation’s deep religious, racial, and political complexity. Just as the state relied on religion to sanction combat missions and sanctify war deaths, so too did religious groups seek validation as American faiths.

Product details

• Authors: Stahl, Ronit Y Stahl, Ronit Y. Stahl
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780674972155
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97215-5
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, military history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, History of the Americas, Military life & institutions, Military institutions