American sutra a story of faith and freedom in the Second World War
The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice; it is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese-American Buddhists launched o...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2019
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Geschichte 1941-1945
> Japanese Americans
> Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
> Buddhists
> History
> Buddhism and state
> Buddhism and politics
> World War, 1939-1945
> Internierung
> Zweiter Weltkrieg
> Religionsfreiheit
> Einwanderer
> Buddhismus
> Japaner
> United States
> Race relations
> USA
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice; it is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals how, even as they were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, Japanese-American Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American.... |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | viii, 384 Seiten Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 9780674986534 978-0-674-98653-4 |