Prophetic encounters
Subtitle: religion and the American radical tradition
By: by Daniel Patrick McKanan
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780807013151
Subjects: Ideology; Religion and politics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-306) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The faith of the working men; title: African identity and Black radicalism; title: Encounters with William Lloyd Garrison; title: Personifying radical abolitionism; title: Radicals fight and unite; title: Confronting the slave power; title: New religions for radicalism; title: Women's rights, women ministers, and a woman's Bible; title: The Jesus of labor; title: Encountering the city; title: The religion of socialism; title: The radical depression; title: The Gandhian moment; title: Mentors of a new left; title: New encounters in the South; title: Expanding circles of encounter; title: From encounter to confrontation; title: Rebuilding the left; title: A women's decade; title: Resisting the right; title: The future of radicalism.