American Sutra : A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War /

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Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals the little-known story of how, in the darkest hours of World War II when Japanese Americans were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, a community of Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, ins...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Williams, Duncan Ryūken (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]
Temas:
Buddhism and politics > United States > History > 20th century.
Buddhism and state > United States > History > 20th century.
Buddhists > United States > History > 20th century.
Japanese Americans > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Japanese Americans.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
American values.
Japanese internment.
Minidoka.
Nichiren Buddhism.
Shingon Buddhism.
Tule Lake.
War Relocation Authority.
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Sumario:Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals the little-known story of how, in the darkest hours of World War II when Japanese Americans were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, a community of 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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (400 p.)
ISBN:9780674237087
9783110652031
Acceso:restricted access

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