Faith in the Fight: Religion and the American Soldier in the Great War
Jonathan Ebel's revisionist history of the religious faith of American soldiers and “war workers” in the Great War challenges our understanding of religion's role in the American military and the home front. Ebel argues that Americans harbored a deeply religious understanding of their role...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2010, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 750-752 |
| Review of: | Faith in the fight (Princeton, N.J : Princeton University Press, 2010) (Miglio, Sarah)
Faith in the Fight (Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010) (Miglio, Sarah) Faith in the Fight (Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2010) (Miglio, Sarah) |
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| Summary: | Jonathan Ebel's revisionist history of the religious faith of American soldiers and “war workers” in the Great War challenges our understanding of religion's role in the American military and the home front. Ebel argues that Americans harbored a deeply religious understanding of their role in the Great War, and this personal faith not only fueled their participation in the war but also sustained them through the horrific experiences of war and its aftermath. Ebel boldly claims, “Experiences of the Great War altered but did not undermine these beliefs” (p. 2). Where other historians have seen the decline of religious fervor and personal belief, Ebel finds spirituality that fused a sense of global citizenship with ideas of vigorous masculinity and Christian duty. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csq128 |