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Embattled ecumenism : the National Council of Churches, the Vietnam War, and the trials of the Protestant left /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gill, Jill K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2011]
Subjects:
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Religious aspects > Christianity.
United States > Church history > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: ecumenism and the Vietnam War
  • The roots of ecumania
  • The NCC and the American way of life
  • A brief interlude on Vietnam, to 1963
  • Awakening a loyal opposition, 1964-July 1965
  • Taking a stand, July-December 1965
  • Building an ecumenical peace witness, 1966
  • Sparking debate and action, 1967
  • Campaigns, confrontations, and civil disobedience, 1968
  • Courting Nixon, December 1968-fall 1969
  • Ecumenical erosion, fall-December 1969
  • Fighting Nixon and seeking a new strategy, January 1970-March 1971
  • Waging a moral argument, March 1971-January 1973
  • Epilogue: forty years in the wilderness.