Religion and war resistance in the Plowshares movement
As the nuclear arms race exploded in the 1980s, a group of U.S. religious pacifists used radical nonviolence to intervene. Armed with hammers, they broke into military facilities to pound on missiles and pour blood on bombers, enacting the prophet Isaiah's vision: 'Nations shall beat their...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press
2008.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Cambridge studies in contentious politics. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39721590*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Movement challenges and trajectories
- Historical development of the U.S. Plowshares movement
- Tactical legitimation and the theology of resistance
- Sustaining commitment
- Death of a charismatic leader
- Intermittent resistance : the German, Dutch, and Australian Plowshares movements
- Internal tensions and implosion : the Swedish Plowshares movement
- Witnessing or winning? : the British Plowshares movement
- Conclusion: From failed attempts to persistent resistance : understanding divergent movement trajectories
- Appendix A: Survey questionnaire
- Appendix B: List of interviews by author
- Appendix C: Chronological list of Plowshares actions by region.
