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04204aam a2200469 i 4500 001 613366B8B22011EBA3B7F59C2EECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210511010310 008 190624s2019 pau b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019019317 020 $a 0812251652 020 $a 9780812251654 035 $a (OCoLC)1097960680 040 $a PU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d SLV $d PAU $d BZM $d LNT $d YUS $d WIO $d GZN $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HX536 $b .C745 2019 082 00 $a 261.70973 $2 23 100 1 $a Cook, Vaneesa Marie, $e author. 245 10 $a Spiritual socialists : $b religion and the American left / $c Vaneesa Cook. 264 1 $a Philadelphia : $b University of Pennsylvania Press, $c [2019] 300 $a 260 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a Refuting the common perception that the American left has a religion problem, Vaneesa Cook highlights an important but overlooked intellectual and political tradition that she calls "spiritual socialism." Spiritual socialists emphasized the social side of socialism and believed the most basic expression of religious values—caring for the sick, tired, hungry, and exploited members of one's community—created a firm footing for society. Their unorthodox perspective on the spiritual and cultural meaning of socialist principles helped make leftist thought more palatable to Americans, who associated socialism with Soviet atheism and autocracy. In this way, spiritual socialism continually put pressure on liberals, conservatives, and Marxists to address the essential connection between morality and social justice. Cook tells her story through an eclectic group of activists whose lives and works span the twentieth century. Sherwood Eddy, A. J. Muste, Myles Horton, Dorothy Day, Henry Wallace, Pauli Murray, Staughton Lynd, and Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke and wrote publicly about the connection between religious values and socialism. Equality, cooperation, and peace, they argued, would not develop overnight, and a more humane society would never emerge through top-down legislation. Instead, they believed that the process of their vision of the world had to happen in homes, villages, and cities, from the bottom up. By insisting that people start treating each other better in everyday life, spiritual socialists transformed radical activism from projects of political policy-making to grass-roots organizing. For Cook, contemporary public figures such as Senator Bernie Sanders, Pope Francis, Reverend William Barber, and Cornel West are part of a long-standing tradition that exemplifies how non-Communist socialism has gained traction in American politics. 505 0 $a Introduction: Cultivating the Kingdom of God -- Chapter 1. Reconstructing socialism in the wake of World War I -- Chapter 2. The Kingdom of God in the city and the country -- Chapter 3. Spiritual power and the Kingdom abroad -- Chapter 4. The Religious Left and the Red scare -- Chapter 5. Socialism of the heart -- Conclusion: Spiritual socialists in the twenty-first century. 650 0 $a Socialism $z United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Socialism $z United States $x History $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Religion and politics $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Religion and politics $z United States $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Progressivism (United States politics) $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Progressivism (United States politics) $x History $x History $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Right and left (Political science) $z United States $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Right and left (Political science) $z United States $x History $x History $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Religion and politics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01093842 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 2 952 $l OZAX845 $d 20240525041812.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20220317020928.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=613366B8B22011EBA3B7F59C2EECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOOInitiate Another SILO Locator Search