LEADER 03510cam a2200505 i 4500001 259598 005 20240621231448.0 008 170913s2016 ncua b s001 0 eng 010 2015046029 020 9781469629193 |q(cloth) |q(alkaline paper) 020 1469629194 |q(cloth) |q(alkaline paper) 020 9781469629209 |q(paperback) |q(alkaline paper) 020 1469629208 |q(paperback) |q(alkaline paper) 020 |z9781469629216 |q(ebook) 035 (OCoLC)ocn931226808 035 259598 042 pcc 049 LHMA 040 NcU/DLC |beng |erda |cNOC |dDLC |dOCLCF |dYDXCP |dBTCTA |dBDX |dYDX |dIUL |dVTS |dKNM |dCHVBK |dJYJ |dOCLCO |dLHM 050 00 D769.8.A6 |bB58 2016 100 1 Blankenship, Anne M., |eauthor. 245 10 Christianity, social justice, and the Japanese American incarceration during World War II / |cAnne M. Blankenship. 264 1 Chapel Hill : |bUniversity of North Carolina Press, |c[2016] 300 xii, 282 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-271) and index. 505 0 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. 520 0 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. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 650 0 Japanese Americans |xForced removal and internment, 1942-1945. 650 0 World War, 1939-1945 |xJapanese Americans. 650 0 Christianity and justice |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Human rights |xReligious aspects |xChristianity. 650 0 Japanese Americans |xReligion. 650 0 Nazi concentration camps |zWest (U.S.) |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Internment camps |zWest (U.S.) |xHistory |y20th century. 650 0 Japanese Americans |xSocial conditions |y20th century. 611 27 Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01801850 611 27 World War (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01180924 610 27 Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer |gBitterfeld. |2gnd |0(DE-588)10090522-5 648 7 1900-1999 |2fast 650 7 Human rights. |2homoit 852 0 |bstacks |hD769.8.A6 |iB58 2016