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The att's & behavior of Protestant ministers toward the war in Vietnam are studied. Source of data is a mail questionaire sent to a 66.6% sample of clergymen In the 9 largest Protestant denominations in Calif during 1968; 1,580 clergymen (63%) responded. The clergy were asked their opinions on 5 policy proposals relating to the war. 29% favored an increase in military efforts, 19% a continuation of the bombing of North Vietnam, 18% a stop to the bombing, 8% a withdrawal to coastal enclaves, & 26% a complete withdrawal. These positions corresponded closely with the ministers' att's on other pol'al issues & with their theological views. The more hawkish ministers generally called themselves religious 'conservatives,' & the more dovish, theologically 'liberal.' Because the latter group are the strongest proponents of an action-oriented church, it was proposed that they would be much more active than clerical hawks on the Vietnam issue. This hyp was verified; the doves were more likely than the hawks to take a series of public protest actions. The clergy were also asked to compare their positions on the war with that of their parishioners, colleagues, & local denominational leaders & to report the sanctions taken against them by their parishioners as a result of their activities. The clergy perceived their colleagues & denominational officials as holding the same or 'more dovish' views than their own, but reported their parishioners to be 'more hawkish.' Parishioner sanctions were most often levied against the most active of the dovish clergymen; among those who committed civil disobedience (N= 26), 52% lost financial contributions, 21% faced efforts to have them removed from their parish positions, & 58% lost parish members. Modified AA.