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Author Cook, Vaneesa Marie, author.

Title Spiritual socialists : religion and the American left / Vaneesa Cook
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource (260 pages)
Contents Introduction. Cultivating the kingdom of God -- Reconstructing socialism in the wake of World War I -- The Kingdom of God in the city and the country -- Spiritual power and the Kingdom abroad -- The religious left and the Red Scare -- Socialism of the heart -- Conclusion. Spiritual socialists in the twenty-first century
Summary Profiling an eclectic group of activists such as Sherwood Eddy, Dorothy Day, and Martin Luther King, Jr., Vaneesa Cook argues that ""spiritual socialists"" held that the most basic expression of religious values--caring for the sick, tired, hungry, and exploited members of one's community--created a firm footing for a new society
Analysis American History
American Studies
Political Science
Public Policy
Religion
Religious Studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from electronic title page (JSTOR, viewed on March 3, 2021)
Subject Socialism -- United States -- Religious aspects -- History -- 20th century
Socialism -- United States -- Religious aspects -- History -- 21st century
Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Religion and politics -- United States -- History -- 21st century
Progressivism (United States politics) -- Religious aspects -- History -- 20th century
Progressivism (United States politics) -- Religious aspects -- History -- 21st century
Right and left (Political science) -- United States -- Religious aspects -- History -- 20th century
Right and left (Political science) -- United States -- Religious aspects -- History -- 21st century
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th century.
Religion and politics
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812296501
0812296508