American prophets: seven religious radicals and their struggle for social and political justice
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Princeton, N.J
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Princeton University Press
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Albert J. Raboteau
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Abraham Joshua Heschel, prophet of divine pathos -- A. J. Muste: the redemptive power of nonviolent suffering -- Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement: doing the works of mercy -- Howard Thurman: in search of common ground -- Thomas Merton: contemplation in a world of action -- Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement: religion in US politics -- "Is this America?" Fannie Lou Hamer and the voices of local people