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Author Nepstad, Sharon Erickson.

Title Religion and war resistance in the Plowshares movement [electronic resource] / Sharon Erickson Nepstad.

Imprint New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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Description xxvii, 253 p. : ill.
Series Cambridge studies in contentious politics
Cambridge studies in contentious politics.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-248) and index.
Contents Introduction: Movement challenges and trajectories -- Historical development of the U.S. Plowshares movement -- Tactical legitimation and the theology of resistance -- Sustaining commitment -- Death of a charismatic leader -- Intermittent resistance : the German, Dutch, and Australian Plowshares movements -- Internal tensions and implosion : the Swedish Plowshares movement -- Witnessing or winning? : the British Plowshares movement -- Conclusion: From failed attempts to persistent resistance : understanding divergent movement trajectories -- Appendix A: Survey questionnaire -- Appendix B: List of interviews by author -- Appendix C: Chronological list of Plowshares actions by region.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Plowshares Eight (Group)
Nonviolence.
Antinuclear movement.
Nuclear disarmament.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780521888929 (hardback)
0521888921 (hardback)
9780521717670 (pbk.)
0521717671 (pbk.)

 
    
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