Thomas Merton and the Religion of the Bomb
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4517513 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James J Farrell (0000-0002-5665-4519, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 77-98 |
| Publication date | 1995-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1052-1151 • E-ISSN: 1533-8568 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rac.1995.5.1.03a00040 |
| OpenAlex | W4242727905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 15 |
In 1958, C. Wright Mills delivered his "Pagan Sermon to the Christian Clergy," a piece in which he challenged American churches to consider their complicity in the coming of World War III. Mills complained that "the verbal Christian belief in the sanctity of human life... does not itself enter decisively into the plans now being readied for World War III.... Total war ought indeed be difficult for the Christian conscience to confront, but the Christian way out makes it easy; war is defended morally and Christians easily fall into line-as they are led to justify it-in each nation in terms of Christian faith itself
Art history · Christian faith · Complicity · Conscience · Faith · First world war · Humanities · Political science · Sermon · Sociology · Theology · Wright · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies · War, Ethics, and Justification
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |