American sutra : a story of faith and freedom in the Second World War /

The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice. It is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese-American Buddhists launched o...

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Main Author:	Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 Buddhists > United States > History > 20th century. Buddhism and state > United States > History > 20th century. Buddhism and politics > United States > History > 20th century. World War, 1939-1945 > Japanese Americans. United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.

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Summary:	The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice. It is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese-American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American.
Physical Description:	viii, 384 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780674986534 0674986539