American prophets: seven religious radicals and their struggle for social and political justice
Albert J. Raboteau
American prophets: seven religious radicals and their struggle for social and political justice
Author
Albert J. RaboteauPublisher
Princeton University PressEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
American prophets: seven religious radicals and their struggle for social and political justice / Albert J. RaboteauPublication Details
پرینستون : Princeton University Press، 2016مPhysical Description
xvii, 224 p.: ill.; 23 cm.Subject
Civil rights Religious aspectsCivil rights Religious aspects -- Christianity
Civil rights -- United States
United States Religion History -- 20th century
Language
انگلیسیIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Abraham Joshua Heschel, prophet of divine pathos -- A. J. Muste: the redemptive power of nonviolent suffering -- Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement: doing the works of mercy -- Howard Thurman: in search of common ground -- Thomas Merton: contemplation in a world of action -- Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement: religion in US politics -- "Is this America?" Fannie Lou Hamer and the voices of local people