Convictions of the soul
Subtitle: religion, culture, and agency in the Central America solidarity movement
By: Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Missionaries; Insurgency; Christianity and politics; Christianity; Solidarity; Christianity and international relations; Political activity; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Culture, agency, and religion in social movements; title: The origins of Central America's civil wars; title: Leadership and the formation of solidarity; title: Biography and recruitment receptivity; title: Martyr stories; title: Making politics personal; title: Rituals and emotional rejuvenation; title: Agency and transnational movements.