Spiritual Criminals - How the Camden 28 Put the Vietnam War on Trial

"Who were the Camden 28, and how did they shake the political, religious, and moral foundations of American society? This passionate group of grassroots religious left-wingers resisted both their church and their government as they crusaded against the Vietnam War. Though they were arrested while indisputably raiding a draft board, a jury refused to convict them-making them made them an inspiration for today's moral reformers of institutions like prisons and the Catholic Church. Yet the group's dynamics also illuminate the power relations and racial and sexual inequalities that persist within resistance movements. This is a complex portrait of where resistance comes from, what it means, how it spreads-via doctrine, shared politics, or friendship-and how it sometimes leads to justice"--

About the author

Michelle M. Nickerson is professor of history at Loyola University Chicago. She is the author of Mothers of Conservatism: Women and the Postwar Right and coeditor of Sunbelt Rising: The Politics of Place, Space, and Region.

Product details

• Authors: Michelle M Nickerson, Michelle M. Nickerson, Nickerson Michelle M.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9780226834382
• ISBN: 978-0-226-83438-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, military history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, Religion & politics, c 1960 to c 1970, United States of America, USA, Religion and Politics, History of the Americas, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, c 1955 to c 1975 (Vietnam War period), Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War