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

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016] ©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 282 pages) 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 Summary This study of Christianity in the infamous camps where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II yields insights both far-reaching and timely. Anne 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed January 30, 2018) Subject Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans. Christianity and justice -- United States -- History -- 20th century Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Japanese Americans -- Religion Internment camps -- West (U.S.) -- History -- 20th century Japanese Americans -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Christianity and justice Internment camps Human rights -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Japanese Americans Japanese Americans -- Religion Japanese Americans -- Social conditions United States West United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469629223 1469629224 9781469629216 1469629216

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