Christianity, social justice, and the Japanese American incarceration during World War II

By Anne M. Blankenship

Subjects: World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Human rights, Japanese americans, Religion, Japanese americans, evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, World war, 1939-1945, HISTORY, World War, 1939-1945, World war, 1939-1945, japan, Western, Evacuation and relocation of Japanese Americans (United States : 1942-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01801850, Human rights, religious aspects, Japanese Americans, Christianity, Social conditions, History, Concentration camps, Christianity and justice, Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, United states, social conditions

Description: 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.