Acts of Conscience : : Christian Nonviolence and Modern American Democracy / / Joseph Kip Kosek.
In response to the massive bloodshed that defined the twentieth century, American religious radicals developed a modern form of nonviolent protest, one that combined Christian principles with new uses of mass media. Greatly influenced by the ideas of Mohandas Gandhi, these "acts of conscience&q...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2009] ©2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (376 p.) :; 20 halftones |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. Love and war
- 2. Social evangelism
- 3. The gandhian moment
- 4. Gandhism and socialism
- 5. Tragic choices
- 6. The age of conscience
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Backmatter