Enlisting Faith

How the Military Chaplaincy Shaped Religion and State in Modern America

Ronit Y. Stahl

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$43.50 • £34.95 • €39.00

ISBN 9780674972155

Publication Date: 11/06/2017

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384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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A Note on Terminology
Prologue: The Mixed-Up Dog Tags of Private Leonard Shapiro
1. Mobilizing Faith
2. “Christ Is the Melting Pot for All Our Differences”
3. The Boundaries of Religious Citizenship
4. Chaplain Jim Wants You!
5. The Military–Spiritual Complex
6. “Maybe God Is an American”
7. Moral Objection and Religious Obligation
8. Fighting with Faith
Epilogue: Between God and the American State
Abbreviations
Archival Sources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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