¡Presente! : Nonviolent Politics and the Resurrection of the Dead / Kyle B.T. Lambelet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lambelet, Kyle Brent Thompson, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U.S. Army School of the Americas.

Peace--Religious aspects.

Peace.

Political theology.

Nonviolence--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Nonviolence.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, 2019.

Summary:

This book develops a lived theology of nonviolence through an extended case study of the movement to close the School of the Americas (also known as the SOA or WHINSEC). Specifically, it analyzes how the presence of the dead--a presence proclaimed at the annual vigil of the School of the Americas Watch--shapes a distinctive, transnational, nonviolent movement. The book argues that such a messianic affirmation need devolve into neither violence nor sectarianism but generates practical reasoning. This work contributes to studies of strategic nonviolence by demonstrating how religious and moral dynamics remain an essential part of such struggles. It contributes to Christian ethics by advancing normative study of social movements and nonviolence.

Contents:

Crossing the line : liturgical protest and the tasks of practical reason

Communities of resistance : the power of nonviolence in a context of pluralism

Divine obedience : a messianic political theology of the higher law

Following the martyrs : moral exemplarity, charismatic leadership, and the politics of sacrifice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62616-727-3

OCLC:

1100452486