Faith in the Fight : : Religion and the American Soldier in the Great War / / Jonathan H. Ebel.

Faith in the Fight tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. Recovering the thoughts and experiences of American troops, nurses, and aid workers through their letters, diaries, and memoirs, Jonathan Ebel describes how religion--primarily Christianity--encouraged t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]
©2010
Year of Publication:2010
Edition:Core Textbook
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.) :; 8 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Redemption Through War
  • Chapter 2. Chance The Man-Angel And The Combat Numinous
  • Chapter 3. Suffering, Death, And Salvation
  • Chapter 4. Christ'S Cause, Pharaoh'S Army
  • Chapter 5. Ideal Women In An Ideal War
  • Chapter 6. "There Are No Dead"
  • Chapter 7. "The Same Cross In Peace": The American Legion, The Ongoing War, And American Reillusionment
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index