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Divine rebels [electronic resource] : American Christian activists for social justice / Deena Guzder ; foreword by Shane Claiborne ; afterword by Roger S. Gottlieb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guzder, Deena.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian biography--United States.
- Christian biography.
- Social reformers--United States--Biography.
- Social reformers.
- Christianity and justice--United States--History.
- Christianity and justice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, c2011.
- Summary:
- <div>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
- Contents:
- Cover ; Copyright ; Contents ; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Universe Bends Toward Justice; 1 Jim Zwerg: The Faith Driving the Freedom Riders; 2 Daniel Berrigan: The Soul of the Vietnam Antiwar Movement; 3 Roy Bourgeois: The Crusade to Close the School of the Americas; 4 Jim Corbett: Convictions of the Hearth in the Sanctuary Movement; 5 John Dear: Beating Nuclear Swords into God's Plowshares; 6 Robin Harper: Waging Peace by Resisting War Taxes; 7 Joseph Land: Living in the Clouds to Save the Redwoods
- 8 SueZann Bosler: Modern-Day Abolitionists Against the Death Penalty9 Charlotte Keys: Ecojustice Warriors Against Pollution; 10 Shane Claiborne: The Peaceful Revolution of Downward Mobility; Epilogue: Interfaith Covenant for Peace and Justice in Modern America ; Afterword ; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-56976-868-4
- OCLC:
- 731694227
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