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1 online resource (xii, 231 pages :) : illustrations. |
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Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
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Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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George McGovern's soul -- For-prophet education -- Brother George : a politician as churchman -- Pastors, public men, and peacemakers -- Calling America to come home -- Religious leaders for McGovern -- Evangelicals for McGovern -- The Christian Left's failure to launch -- Becoming Sojourners. |
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"George McGovern is chiefly remembered for his landslide loss to Richard Nixon in 1972. Yet at the time, his candidacy raised eyebrows by invoking the prophetic tradition, an element of his legacy that is little studied. In My Brother's Keeper, Mark A. Lempke explores the influence of McGovern's evangelical childhood, Social Gospel worldview, and conscientious Methodism on a campaign that brought antiwar activism into the mainstream. McGovern's candidacy signified a passing of the torch within Christian social justice. He initially allied with the ecumenical movement and the mainline Protestant churches during a time when these institutions worked easily with liberal statesmen. But the senator also galvanized a dynamic movement of evangelicals rooted in the New Left, who would dominate subsequent progressive religious activism as the mainline entered a period of decline. My Brother's Keeper argues for the influential, and often unwitting, role McGovern played in fomenting a 'Religious Left' in 1970s America, a movement that continues to this day. It joins a growing body of scholarship that complicates the dominant narrative of that era's conservative Christianity"--Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 -- Influence.
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McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012. |
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McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 -- Political and social views.
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Political and social views. |
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McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 -- Religion.
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Religion. |
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United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
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United States. Congress. Senate. |
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Biographies.
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McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 -- Influence. |
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McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 -- Political and social views. |
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McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 -- Religion. |
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Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
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Legislators. |
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United States. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989.
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Politics and government. |
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1945-1989 |
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Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History -- 20th century.
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Social justice -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Protestantism -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Protestantism -- Political aspects. |
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Protestantism. |
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Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 20th century.
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Progressivism (United States politics) |
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Christianity and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Christianity and politics. |
Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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Project Muse.
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Other Form: |
Print version: 9781625342775 1625342772 9781625342768 1625342764 (DLC) 2016059942 (OCoLC)982184602 |
ISBN |
9781613765043 (electronic book) |
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1613765045 (electronic book) |
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9781625342775 paperback alkaline paper |
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9781625342768 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1625342764 |
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1625342772 paperback alkaline paper |