TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ebel,Jonathan H.
TI  - Faith in the fight: religion and the American soldier in the Great War 
SN  - 9781400835003
AV  - BV4588 .E24 2010
U1  - 940.4/78 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Soldiers
KW  - Religious life
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Militaires
KW  - Vie religieuse
KW  - Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - United States
KW  - 20th Century
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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