Lutherans and the Longest War - Adrift on a Sea of Doubt About the Cold and Vietnam Wars, 1964-1975

With its unique theology yet simultaneous representation of the 'silent majority,' American Lutheranism provides a compelling case study for U.S. citizens and their attitudes toward war, faith, foreign policy, religious institutions, and communism from 1964 to 1975. This book demonstrates how Lutherans maintained a hostility toward communism, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China while debating the threat of communist infiltrations into the United States and the Vietnam War, all in the context of their denominations, periodicals, and congregations.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Lutherans and the Cold and Vietnam Wars, 1964-1975: An Introduction Chapter 2 Tortured for Christ: Lutheran Assessmetns of Global Communism Chapter 3 Has the Tiger Changed Its Stripes? Lutheran Debates about Domestic Communism Chapter 4 Lions Loose in the World: Pro-Vietnam War Lutherans Chapter 5 The Mythology fo Prowling Communists: Lutheran Antiwar Sentiments Chapter 6 Adrift on a Sea of Doubt: Lutheran Debates about Domestic Veitnam Concerns Chapter 7 The Lutheran Cold and Vietnam Wars' Legacy

About the author

By David E. Settje

Summary

Demonstrates how Lutherans maintained a hostility toward communism, the Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China, while debating the threat of Communist infiltrations into the United States and the Vietnam War, all in the context of their denominations, periodicals, and congregations.

Product details

• Authors: David E Settje, David E. Settje
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2007
• EAN: 9780739115312
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1531-2
• No. of pages: 221
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, c 1970 to c 1980, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches