TY  - BOOK
AU  - May,Isaac Barnes
TI  - American Quaker Resistance to War, 1917–1973: Law, Politics, and Conscience 
T2  - Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences
SN  - 9789004522510
AV  - PS3552.A45 
U1  - 818.5409 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Religion
KW  - Philosophy and religion
KW  - Religion and sociology
N1  - This historical survey of Quakers in the United States and their responses to war from World War I through the Vietnam conflict demonstrates that Quakers' responses to war resulted from internal struggles and the influence of the state; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - This historical survey of Quakers in the United States examines their responses to war during World War I, World War II, and the early Cold War, including the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, with particular focus on the social, political, legal, and theological aspects of the Quaker peace testimony. Quakers responded to these conflicts in a variety of ways, ranging from pacifism to support for military action. The boundaries and constraints of Quaker beliefs about violent conflict and the meaning of the peace testimony were determined by debates within the Religious Society of Friends. Isaac Barnes May asserts that Quakers’ reactions to war in the twentieth-century should also be understood as closely related to Quakerism’s relationship to state power. The choice to accommodate or resist government pressure worked alongside internal forces to shape Quakerism in the United States. Ultimately, May argues that there is no single pattern of Quaker response to modern war
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004522510
ER  -