Bringing God To Men: American Military Chaplains And The Vietnam War

During the second half of the twentieth century, the American military chaplaincy underwent a profound transformation. Broad-based and ecumenical in the World War II era, the chaplaincy emerged from the Vietnam War as generally conservative and evangelical. Whitt foregrounds the voices of chaplains themselves to explore how those serving in Vietnam acted as vital links between diverse communities, working personally and publicly to reconcile apparent tensions between their various constituencies. Whitt also offers a unique perspective on the realities of religious practice in the war's foxholes and firebases, as chaplains ministered with a focus on soldiers' shared experiences rather than traditional theologies.

• • Author: Jacqueline E. Whitt
• • Publisher: The University Of North Carolina Press
• • Publication Date: Feb 17, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 312 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1469612941
• • ISBN-13: 9781469612942