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Faith in the fight : religion and the American soldier in the Great War / Jonathan H. Ebel.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 253 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781400835003
  • 1400835003
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Faith in the fight.DDC classification:
  • 940.4/78
LOC classification:
  • BV4588 .E24 2010
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction -- Redemption through war -- Chance the man-angel and the combat numinous -- Suffering, death, and salvation -- Christ's cause, Pharoah's army -- Ideal women in an ideal war -- "There are no dead" -- "The same cross in peace" : the American Legion, the ongoing war, and American reillusionment.
Summary: Faith in the Fight tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. Recovering the thoughts and experiences of American troops, nurses, and aid workers through their letters, diaries, and memoirs, Jonathan Ebel describes how religion - primarily Christianity - encouraged these young men and women to fight and die, sustained them through war's chaos, and shaped their responses to the war's aftermath. The 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. Believing in a "Christianity of the sword," these Americans responded to the war by reasserting their religious faith and proclaiming America God-chosen and righteous in its mission. And while the war sometimes challenged these beliefs, it did not fundamentally alter them. --From publisher's description.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)329708

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Redemption through war -- Chance the man-angel and the combat numinous -- Suffering, death, and salvation -- Christ's cause, Pharoah's army -- Ideal women in an ideal war -- "There are no dead" -- "The same cross in peace" : the American Legion, the ongoing war, and American reillusionment.

Faith in the Fight tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. Recovering the thoughts and experiences of American troops, nurses, and aid workers through their letters, diaries, and memoirs, Jonathan Ebel describes how religion - primarily Christianity - encouraged these young men and women to fight and die, sustained them through war's chaos, and shaped their responses to the war's aftermath. The 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. Believing in a "Christianity of the sword," these Americans responded to the war by reasserting their religious faith and proclaiming America God-chosen and righteous in its mission. And while the war sometimes challenged these beliefs, it did not fundamentally alter them. --From publisher's description.

Print version record.