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Author Kosek, Joseph Kip.
Title Acts of conscience : Christian nonviolence and modern American democracy / Joseph Kip Kosek.
Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, 2011, c2009.
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Edition Pbk. ed.
Description xii, 352 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Series Columbia studies in contemporary American history.
Note Previously published in hardback: 2009.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-332) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Love and war -- Social evangelism -- The Gandhian moment -- Gandhism and socialism -- Tragic choices -- The age of conscience -- Conclusion.
Subject Nonviolence -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Civil disobedience -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Christianity and politics -- United States.
United States -- Church history.
Added Title Christian nonviolence and modern American democracy
ISBN 9780231144193 (pbk.)
0231144199 (pbk.)