Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 320 pages
- Published by: Temple University Press January 24, 1995
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1566393353
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1566393355
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Book Dimensions:
8.8 x 6 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 15.2 ounces
Product Description
Robert Craig explores the history of American left-wing Christians who discovered the convergence between radical politics and Christian faith. He looks at the life histories of individuals, movements, and organizations that encompass more than a century of American history and discusses the role of religious activism in movements of social transformation.
Craig describes the activists who participated in this (largely ignored) alternative tradition of social action on behalf of the poor. Among those included are Jesse H. Jones, Edward H. Rogers, the Christian Labor Union, and the Knights of labor, which represented workers; Frances Willard and Mother Jones, who worked to improve the status of women and working-class people; Reverdy Ransom, W.E.B. Du Bois, Hubert Harrison, and George Washington Woodbey, who wrestled with the relationship between race and class; Southern radicals, such as Howard Kester, Claude Williams, and the southern Tenant Farmers' Union, which struggled for radical equality; and those involved in the politics of nonviolence, such as Dorothy Day and A.J.. Muste.
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Publisher Description
Leftist Christians and radical politics in American history
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