American Prophets - Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political JusticePaperback
American Prophets - Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political JusticePaperback A "powerful text" (Tavis Smiley) about how religion drove the fight for social justice in…
Specifikacia American Prophets - Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political JusticePaperback
American Prophets - Seven Religious Radicals and Their Struggle for Social and Political JusticePaperback
A "powerful text" (Tavis Smiley) about how religion drove the fight for social justice in modern AmericaAmerican Prophets sheds critical new light on the lives and thought of seven major prophetic figures in twentieth-century America whose social activism was motivated by a deeply felt compassion for those suffering injustice.In this compelling and provocative book, acclaimed religious scholar Albert Raboteau tells the remarkable stories of Abraham Joshua Heschel, A. J. Raboteau traces how their paths crossed and their lives intertwined, creating a network of committed activists who significantly changed the attitudes of Muste, Dorothy Day, Howard Thurman, Thomas Merton, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Fannie Lou Hamer--inspired individuals who succeeded in conveying their vision to the broader public through writing, speaking, demonstrating, and organizing.