Convictions of the Soul - Religion, Culture, Agency in Central America Solidarity Movement

Zusatztext Sharon Erickson Nepstad ranges from Central American history to North American politics, and from macro political economy to a close look at personal narratives, to trace the meanings, passions, and convictions that led people into opposition of U.S. Central American policy. Sharon Erickson Nepstad is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Duquesne University, where she also teaches peace studies and conflict resolution at the Graduate Center for Social and Public Policy. Klappentext Many U.S. Christians were profoundly moved by the liberation! struggles in Central America in the 1980s. Most learned about the situation from missionaries who had worked in the area and witnessed the repression firsthand. These missionaries! Sharon Erickson Nepstad shows! employed the church's institutional resources and the symbolic capital of Christianity to seize the attention of American congregations and remind them of the moral obligations of their faith. Drawing on in-depth interviews with fifty activists in eight separate solidarity organizations around the country! Nepstad offers a rich analysis of the experiences of religious leaders and church members in the solidarity movement. Shedding new light on the genesis and evolution of this important activist movement! Convictions of the Soul will be of interest to students and scholars of social movements! religion! and politics. Zusammenfassung Many US Christians were profoundly moved by the liberation struggles in Central America in the 1980s. Most learned about the situation from missionaries who had witnessed the repression firsthand. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Nepstad offers an analysis of the experiences of religious leaders and church members in the solidarity movement.

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• Authors: Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Sharon Erickson (Assistant Professor of S Nepstad, Sharon Erickson (Assistant Professor of Sociology Nepstad, Nepstad Sharon Erickson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2004
• EAN: 9780195169232
• ISBN: 978-0-19-516923-2
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Religion & beliefs, Sociology & anthropology, Religion and beliefs, Sociology and anthropology, Central America, Mexico and Central America