Plowshares : protest, performance, and religious identity in the nuclear age / Kristen Tobey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tobey, Kristen, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plowshares Eight (Group).

Antinuclear movement--United States.

Antinuclear movement.

Antinuclear movement--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Nuclear disarmament--Religious aspects--Catholic Church.

Nuclear disarmament.

Nuclear disarmament--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 174 pages )

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Explores the actions of the radical Roman Catholic antinuclear activist group Plowshares. Focuses on the closely interwoven religious and social significance of the group's actions and subsequent legal trials, which rely on performances of moral distinction to achieve the activists' aims"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 "We in the Underground Are Trying to Do Something Else":

2 "Something Deeper than Reason":

3 "Our Only Real Credential":

4 "Just to Speak the Truth":

5 "Your Honor, I Object. . . . She Is Talking About God":

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-165) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780271078304

0271078308

OCLC:

1080549515