This is a contemporary examination of the challenges that religion provides to workers in the defense industry, and, in turn, less explicitly, to their families. The challenges of prophetic religion which give rise to workers' doubts about the fruits of their labor and whether they should remain in the industry are examined from four different angles: first, in a content analysis of pastoral letters concerning peacemaking promulgated by several Protestant denominations and the Roman Catholic Church in the United States in the 1980's; secondly, in the religious witness provided by significant religious leaders in the country, who challenged various forms of the defense industry in their local situations; thirdly, in the structural support offered by seven regional and national religious organizations which directly or indirectly help defense workers struggling with conscience; and in face-to-face interviews with defense workers in sixteen states. Broader implications for the triad are considered.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UMASS/oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:dissertations-8667 |
| Date | 01 January 1993 |
| Creators | Johnson, Mary B |
| Publisher | ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst |
| Source Sets | University of Massachusetts, Amherst |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Source | Doctoral Dissertations Available from Proquest |
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