Embattled ecumenism
Subtitle: the National Council of Churches, the Vietnam War, and the trials of the Protestant left
By: Jill K. Gill
Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: DeKalb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 551
ISBN-13: 9780875804439
Subjects: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America; Christianity; United States; Church history; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: ecumenism and the Vietnam War; title: The roots of ecumania; title: The NCC and the American way of life; title: A brief interlude on Vietnam, to 1963; title: Awakening a loyal opposition, 1964-July 1965; title: Taking a stand, July-December 1965; title: Building an ecumenical peace witness, 1966; title: Sparking debate and action, 1967; title: Campaigns, confrontations, and civil disobedience, 1968; title: Courting Nixon, December 1968-fall 1969; title: Ecumenical erosion, fall-December 1969; title: Fighting Nixon and seeking a new strategy, January 1970-March 1971; title: Waging a moral argument, March 1971-January 1973; title: Epilogue: forty years in the wilderness.