American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War

by Duncan Ryūken Williams

Book Overview

Winner of the Grawemeyer Award in Religion

This groundbreaking history tells the little-known story of how, in one of our country's darkest hours, Japanese Americans fought to defend their faith and preserve religious freedom.

The mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II is not only a tale of injustice; it is a moving story of faith. In this pathbreaking account, Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674986539
• ISBN13: 9780674986534
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"