The Vietnam War and its polarizing era challenged, splintered, and changed The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC), which was motivated by its ecumenical Christian vision to oppose that war and unify people. The NCC s efforts on the war exposed its strengths and imploded its weaknesses in ways instructive for religious institutions that bring their faith into politics. "Embattled Ecumenism "explores the ecumenical vision, anti-Vietnam War efforts, and legacy of the NCC. Gill s monumental study serves as a window into the mainline Protestant
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