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Author:

Raboteau, Albert J., author.

Title:

American prophets : seven religious radicals and their struggle for social and political justice / Albert J. Raboteau.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xvii, 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

United States--History--History--20th century.
Civil rights--Religious aspects.
Civil rights--Christianity.--Christianity.
Civil rights--United States.

Notes:

Includes 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.

ISBN:

0691164304
9780691164304

OCLC:

(OCoLC)949669083

LCCN:

2016010944

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)