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Author Bauman, Robert, 1964- author.

Title Fighting to preserve a nation's soul : America's ecumenical war on poverty / Robert Bauman.

Publication Info. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 208 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: setting the context for the struggle : religion and the war on poverty -- "Kind of a secular sacrament" : the Catholic war on poverty -- The conscience of the church : The National Council of Churches and the war on poverty -- Creating an ecumenical antipoverty coalition : IFCO, black power, and the war on poverty -- The Black Manifesto : challenging the ecumenical antipoverty coalition -- Fracturing the antipoverty coalition : the aftermath of the Black Manifesto -- Conclusion: "To become as radical as Christ" : faith-based activism and the long war on poverty in the twenty-first century -- Manuscript repositories and collections -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Subject Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011.
Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011.
Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011.
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Economic assistance, Domestic.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Economic assistance, Domestic -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Economic assistance, Domestic -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
ISBN 9780820354866 (electronic book)
0820354864 (electronic book)
9780820354873
0820354872