Chapter 1 Lutherans and the Cold and Vietnam Wars, 1964-1975: An Introduction Chapter 2 Tortured for Christ: Lutheran Assessmetns of Global Communism Chapter 3 Has the Tiger Changed Its Stripes? Lutheran Debates about Domestic Communism Chapter 4 Lions Loose in the World: Pro-Vietnam War Lutherans Chapter 5 The Mythology fo Prowling Communists: Lutheran Antiwar Sentiments Chapter 6 Adrift on a Sea of Doubt: Lutheran Debates about Domestic Veitnam Concerns Chapter 7 The Lutheran Cold and Vietnam Wars' Legacy
David E. Settje is assistant professor of history at Concordia University.
Highly Recommended.
*CHOICE*
[Settje's] approach and careful reading of sources are admirable.
Lutherans and the Longest War is an excellent contribution to the
genre of denominational studies and a useful starting point for
exploring broader issues of religious assent, ambivalence, and
dissent during the Cold War.
*H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online, April
2008*
The author does an admirable job in concisely summarizing the
historical literature on both the origins of the American war in
Vietnam and the landscape of American Lutheranism in the era,
carefully distinguishing between the major Lutheran bodies without
too much jargon. . . . [Settje] has a keen eye for especially
catching phrases.
*Journal of American History*
David Settje provides a close examination of a period largely
neglected by other Lutheran historians: the Cold War in general and
the Vietnam War in particular.
Settje provides the first comprehensive look at Lutheran thinking
on the Cold and Vietnam wars from pew to pulpit, and from editorial
offices to denominational headquarters. It extends a microphone
into a realm where the silent majority did not hold its tongue,
exposing the wide-ranging views and vigorous debates that raged
within church circles among those disinclined to march for either
side.
*Jill Gill, Boise State University*
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