Notice bibliographique
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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Lempke, Mark A. (1983-....)
Titre(s) : My brother's keeper [Texte imprimé] : George McGovern and progressive Christianity / Mark A. Lempke
Publication : Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, copyright [2017]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xii, 231 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
Lien à la collection : Culture and politics in the Cold War and beyond
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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
Sujet(s) : McGovern, George Stanley (1922-2012)
Progressisme (politique américaine)
Christianisme et politique -- Églises protestantes -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle
Genre ou forme : Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781625342775. - ISBN 1625342772. - ISBN 9781625342768. - ISBN 1625342764
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47453801f
Notice n° :
FRBNF47453801
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : 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.
