TY - BOOK AU - Whitt,Jacqueline E. TI - Bringing God to men: American military chaplains and the Vietnam War SN - 9781469614526 AV - DS559.64 .W47 2014eb U1 - 959.704/37 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - The University of North Carolina Press KW - Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer KW - Bitterfeld KW - gnd KW - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 KW - Chaplains KW - Religious aspects KW - Military chaplains KW - United States KW - Attitudes KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Vietnam KW - Reconciliation KW - Social aspects KW - Social conflict KW - Social change KW - Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 KW - Aumôniers KW - Aspect religieux KW - Aumôniers militaires KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Viêt-nam KW - Réconciliation KW - Aspect social KW - HISTORY KW - Military KW - Vietnam War KW - bisacsh KW - 20th Century KW - Asia KW - Southeast Asia KW - Armed Forces KW - fast KW - War KW - Militärgeistlicher KW - Vietnamkrieg KW - Fältpräster KW - sao KW - Vietnamkriget 1957-1975 KW - religiösa aspekter KW - sociala aspekter KW - Försoning KW - Samhällsförändring KW - Forces armées KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Consensus and Civil Religion -- Duty and Relationships -- Conflict and Identity -- Liturgy and Interpretation -- Discourse and Debate -- Reflection and Reconciliation -- Dissent and Mission N2 - "During the latter half of the twentieth century, the American military chaplaincy underwent a profound transformation. A broad-based and ecumenical institution in the post-World War II era, the chaplaincy emerged from the Vietnam War as generally conservative and evangelical. In both eras--before and after the conflict in Vietnam--the political, martial, and religious views of the chaplaincy mirrored those of mainstream religious and military culture. During the Vietnam War, though, the chaplaincy underwent an exceptional divergence from this conformation to the mainstream. Because of their dual allegiances to their denominations and to the military, chaplains found themselves thrown into the middle of the heated contention surrounding the conflict. Drawing from previously unpublished memories, periodicals, official histories, and oral interviews, Jacqueline Whitt charts the role of the chaplaincy in mediating conflicts between their often anti-war faiths and the military. In this benchmark study, Whitt shows how Vietnam War-era chaplains served as vital links between diverse communities, sometimes working to reconcile--both personally and publicly--conflicting worldviews, while creating religious contexts unique to combat based on shared experience rather than traditional theologies"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=688331 ER -