Liberal Christianity and Women's Global Activism : The YWCA of the USA and the Maryknoll Sisters / Amanda Izzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Izzo, Amanda, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maryknoll Sisters--History--20th century.

Maryknoll Sisters.

YWCA of the U.S.A--History--20th century.

YWCA of the U.S.A.

Church and social problems--History--20th century.

Church and social problems.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (286 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Religiously influenced social movements tend to be characterized as products of the conservative turn in Protestant and Catholic life in the latter part of the twentieth century, with women's mobilizations centering on defense of the "traditional" family. In Liberal Christianity and Women's Global Activism, Amanda L. Izzo argues that, contrary to this view, liberal wings of Christian churches have remained an instrumental presence in U.S. and transnational politics. Women have been at the forefront of such efforts. Focusing on the histories of two highly influential groups, the Young Women's Christian Association of the USA, an interdenominational Protestant organization, and the Maryknoll Sisters, a Roman Catholic religious order, Izzo offers new perspectives on the contributions of these women to transnational social movements, women's history, and religious studies, as she traces the connections between turn-of-the-century Christian women's reform culture and liberal and left-wing religious social movements of the 1960s and 1970s. Izzo suggests that shared ethical, theological, and institutional underpinnings can transcend denominational divides, and that strategies for social change often associated with secular feminism have ties to spiritually inspired social movements.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART I. WOMEN AND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY

PART II. FROM THE POPULAR FRONT AND AMERICAN CENTURY TO THE NEW FRONTIER

PART III "THE FERMENT OF FREEDOM"

EPILOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTES

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

9780813588506

0813588502

9780813588490

0813588499

OCLC:

1020286182