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Christianity, social justice, and the Japanese American incarceration during World War II
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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 leade...
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.
Details
- Creator
- Anne M. Blankenship
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Chapel Hill, [North Carolina] : The University of North Carolina Press, 2016
- 2016
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9798890849939, 9781469629216, 1469629216, 9781469629223, 1469629224, 1469629208, 1469629194
- OCLC
- ocn960463561
- Previously issued in print: 2016.
- 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
Subjects
- Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans.
- Christianity and justice -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
- Japanese Americans -- Religion.
- Internment camps -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century.
- Japanese Americans -- Social conditions -- 20th century.