Divine rebels : American Christian activists for social justice /

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,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guzder, Deena
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, ©2011.
Temas:
Christian biography > United States.
Social reformers > United States > Biography.
Christianity and justice > United States > History.
Biographies chrétiennes > États-Unis.
Réformateurs sociaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Justice > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > États-Unis > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Religious.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
Christian biography
Christianity and justice
Social reformers
United States
collective biographies.
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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