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Christianity, social justice, and the Japanese American incarceration during World War II / Anne M. Blankenship.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781469629223
  • 1469629224
  • 9781469629216
  • 1469629216
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christianity, social justice, and the Japanese American incarceration during World War II.DDC classification:
  • 940.53/1773 23
LOC classification:
  • D769.8.A6 B58 2016
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
The attack on Pearl Harbor & Executive Order 9066 -- The organization of Christian aid -- Building churches behind barbed wire -- Experiences of Christianity in the camps -- The end of Japanese ethnic churches.
Summary: This study of Christianity in the infamous camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II yields insights both far-reaching and timely. Anne Blankenship shows how church leaders were forced to assess the ethics and pragmatism of fighting against or acquiescing to what they clearly perceived, even in the midst of a national crisis, as an unjust social system.
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Item type Current library Call number URL Status Notes Barcode
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)1222260

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The attack on Pearl Harbor & Executive Order 9066 -- The organization of Christian aid -- Building churches behind barbed wire -- Experiences of Christianity in the camps -- The end of Japanese ethnic churches.

Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed January 30, 2018).

This study of Christianity in the infamous camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II yields insights both far-reaching and timely. Anne Blankenship shows how church leaders were forced to assess the ethics and pragmatism of fighting against or acquiescing to what they clearly perceived, even in the midst of a national crisis, as an unjust social system.