Title:
Divine rebels : American Christian activists for social justice / Deena Guzder ; foreword by Shane Claiborne ; afterword by Roger S. Gottlieb.
ISBN:
9781569768686
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Publication Information:
Chicago, Illinois : Lawrence Hill Books, [2021]
©2011
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xiv, 305 pages)
General Note:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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 -- Interfaith covenant for peace and justice in modern America.
Summary:
Profiles important American Christian activists who have committed themselves to social justice, and explores how their work in faith-based radicalism is far removed from the Religious Right.
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