Faith in the Fight - Religion and the American Soldier in the Great War

Zusatztext "[T]he book is an important contribution to the growing literature on war and American religion." ---Jennifer Graber, Religious Studies Review Informationen zum Autor Jonathan H. Ebel is assistant professor of religion at the University of Illinois! Urbana-Champaign. Zusammenfassung Tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. This book reveals the surprising frequency with which Americans who fought viewed the war as a religious challenge that could lead to individual and national redemption.

Product details

• Authors: Jonathan Ebel, Jonathan H. Ebel
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2010
• EAN: 9780691139920
• ISBN: 978-0-691-13992-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; First World War, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Religion & politics, United States of America, USA, Religion and Politics, History of the Americas, Military life & institutions, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I