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Christianity, social justice, and the Japanese American incarceration during World War II / Anne M. Blankenship.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: D769.8.A6 B58 2016

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    While most Japanese Americans maintained their traditional identities as Buddhists, a sizeable minority identified as Christian, and a number of church leaders sought to minister to them in the camps. 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. These religious activists became acutely aware of the impact of government, as well as church, policies that targeted ordinary Americans of diverse ethnicities. Going through the doors of the camp churches and delving deeply into the religious experiences of the incarcerated and the faithful who aided them, Blankenship argues that the incarceration period introduced new social and legal approaches for Christians of all stripes willing to challenge the constitutionality of government policies on race and civil rights. She also shows how the camp experience nourished the roots of an Asian American liberation theology that sprouted in the sixties and seventies.
    Format
    Book
    Author/Creator
    Blankenship, Anne M., author.
    Published
    Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
    Locale
    United States
    West (U.S.)
    Contents
    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.
    Notes
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-271) 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.

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    Language
    English
    ISBN
    9781469629193
    1469629194
    9781469629209
    1469629208
    Physical Description
    xii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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