Plowshares - Protest, Performance, and Religious Identity in the Nuclear Age

Explores the actions of the radical Roman Catholic antinuclear activist group Plowshares. Focuses on the closely interwoven religious and social significance of the group's actions and subsequent legal trials, which rely on performances of moral distinction to achieve the activists' aims.

About the author

Kristen Tobey is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at John Carroll University.

Summary

Explores the actions of the radical Roman Catholic antinuclear activist group Plowshares. Focuses on the closely interwoven religious and social significance of the group's actions and subsequent legal trials, which rely on performances of moral distinction to achieve the activists’ aims.

Product details

• Authors: Kristen Tobey, Kristen (John Carroll University) Tobey
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.07.2016
• EAN: 9780271076720
• ISBN: 978-0-271-07672-0
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, RELIGION / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, History of Religion, Religion & politics, History of the Americas, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects