When sorrow comes : the power of sermons from Pearl Harbor to Black Lives Matter /

"When Sorrow Comes explores the sermons that American clergy, primarily Protestant ministers, gave in the first weeks after national crises, beginning with Pearl Harbor. Additional chapters include the sermons given after the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.; those g...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Matthes, Melissa M., 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2021.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Topical preaching > United States > History > 20th century.
Topical preaching > United States > History > 21st century.
Crisis management > United States > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Religion and civil society > United States > History > 20th century.
Religion and civil society > United States > History > 21st century.
Church and state > United States > History > 20th century.
Church and state > United States > History > 21st century.
Gestion de crise > États-Unis > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Religion et société civile > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Religion et société civile > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Église et État > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Église et État > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
Prédication thématique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Prédication thématique > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State
Church and state
Crisis management > Religious aspects > Christianity
Religion and civil society
Topical preaching
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The power of the pulpit
  • Necessary injustice: Pearl Harbor and the internment of Japanese Americans
  • We all killed Kennedy: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
  • Existential despair: the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  • The Church of the National Tragedy: The Los Angeles uprisings and the Oklahoma City bombing
  • God's Celestial Army: September 11, 2001
  • The enduring American crisis: from the Newtown shooting to Black Lives Matter.

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