Sharon. Erickson Nepstad

Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Nepstad documents the trajectories of various Plowshares movement groups, revealing how activist decisions affect longevity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 615g
• ISBN-13: 9780521888929
• ISBN-10: 0521888921
• Artikelnr.: 26184850

Inhaltsangabe

1. Challenges and trajectories
2. Historical development of the U.S. Plowshares Movement
3. Tactical legitimation and the theology of resistance
4. Sustaining commitment
5. Death of a charismatic leader
6. Intermittent resistance: the German, Dutch, and Australian Plowshares Movements
7. Internal tensions and implosion: the Swedish Plowshares Movement
8. Witnessing or winning? The British Plowshares Movement
9. From failed attempts to persistent resistance: understanding divergent movement trajectories.