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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Sharon Erickson Nepstad |
ISBN: | 9781479885480 1479885487 9781479879229 1479879223 |
OCLC Number: | 1077495138 |
Description: | xi, 207 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | Dignity and just treatment of workers -- Peace, nonviolence, and disarmament -- Equality for women and Catholic feminism -- Liberation theology and the Central America solidarity movement -- Compassion for immigrants and the sanctuary movements -- Earth ethics and American Catholic environmentalism -- Conclusion : contributions of progressive US Catholic movements. |
Responsibility: | Sharon Nepstad. |
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"A thorough and complex history of recent Catholic activism in the United States . ... The rigor and breadth of Nepstad's research and analysis makes this an excellent book for academic courses. Yet the page-turning readability also makes it valuable for everyday Catholics who look to deepen their understanding of Catholic social teaching and how our church has enacted it." * America Magazine * "Nepstad provides an excellent introduction to influential people and movements of Catholic social action in the US." * Choice * "Catholic Social Activism is a great resource for teaching (both undergraduate and graduate) students broadly about CST since the book highlights the social conditions and people (at various levels) influencing it across different causes and historical periods [...] [Nepstad's] book nonetheless raisesinteresting questions that are likely to spur future research in different social science fields." * Sociology of Religion * Read more...

