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Author Tobey, Kristen, 1978- author.

Title Plowshares : protest, performance, and religious identity in the nuclear age / Kristen Tobey
Published University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 174 pages)
Contents "We in the underground are trying to do something else" : the Plowshares' history and development -- "Something deeper than reason" : the logic and tactics of symbolic disarmament -- "Our only real credential" : the rhetorical performance of symbolic boundaries -- "Just to speak the truth" : the Plowshares' theory of the case -- "Your honor, I object ... she is talking about God" : boundary negotiations in the courtroom
Summary "Explores the actions of the radical Roman Catholic antinuclear activist group Plowshares. Focuses on the closely interwoven religious and social significance of the group's actions and subsequent legal trials, which rely on performances of moral distinction to achieve the activists' aims"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-165) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Plowshares Eight (Group)
SUBJECT Plowshares Eight (Group) fast
Subject Antinuclear movement -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Antinuclear movement -- United States
Nuclear disarmament -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Nuclear disarmament -- United States
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Social Issues.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
Antinuclear movement
Nuclear disarmament
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780271078304
0271078308
9780271078281
0271078286