A cautious patriotism
Subtitle: the American churches & the Second World War
By: Gerald L. Sittser.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press; The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects.; War -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.; United States -- Church history -- 20th century.
Description: In A Cautious Patriotism, Gerald Sittser examines the issues raised by World War II in light of the reactions they provoked among Catholics, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Unitarians, and members of other Christian denominations.

As Sittser demonstrates, religious concerns played a part in the debate over American entry into the war and continued to resurface over issues of mobilization, military chaplaincy, civil rights, the internment of Japanese Americans, Jewish suffering, the dropping of the atomic bomb, and postwar planning. Ultimately, Sittser says, the churches' behavior during World War II played a key role in the resurgence they experienced in the wake of the war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-309) and index.