| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages) |
| Contents |
The universe bends toward justice -- Jim Zwerg : the faith driving the freedom riders -- Daniel Berrigan : the soul of the Vietnam antiwar movement -- Roy Bourgeois : the crusade to close the School of the Americas -- Jim Corbett : convictions of the hearth in the sanctuary movement -- John Dear : beating nuclear swords into God's plowshares -- Robin Harper : waging peace by resisting war taxes -- Joseph Land : living in the clouds to save the redwoods -- SueZann Bosler : modern-day abolitionists against the death penalty -- Charlotte Keys : ecojustice warriors against pollution -- Shane Claiborne : the peaceful revolution of downward mobility |
| Summary |
In an effort to reclaim the fundamental principles of Christianity, moving it away from religious right-wing politics and towards the teachings of Jesus, the American Christian activists profiled in this book agitate for a society free from racism, patriarchy, bigotry, retribution, ecocide, torture, poverty, and militarism. These activists view their faith as a personal commitment with public implications; their world consists of people of religious faith protecting the weak and safeguarding the sacred. Recounting social justice activists on the frontlines of the Christian Left since the 1950s |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Christian biography -- United States
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Social reformers -- United States -- Biography
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Christianity and justice -- United States -- History
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
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Christian biography
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Christianity and justice
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Social reformers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781569768686 |
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1569768684 |
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9781569768709 |
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1569768706 |
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9781569768693 |
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1569768692 |
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