Building the Beloved Community: Maurice McCrackin's Life for Peace and Civil Rights - Rilegato

Bechtel, Judith A.; Coughlin, Robert M.

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ISBN 10: 0877227837 ISBN 13: 9780877227830

Casa editrice: Temple Univ Pr, 1991

Riassunto

This biography of Maurice McCrackin, now in his mid-eighties, chronicles how one manas story interweaves with many of the crucial social issues of the past fifty years: integration, civil rights, McCarthyism, schooling, the arms build-up, poverty, treatment of prisoners, and homelessness, among others. As pastor to various congregations throughout the midwest, McCrackin chose social change as his mission and addressed international issues in his sermons in order to make connections between the global and the personal. As an active participant in the Fellowship of Reconciliation, he found ways to inject pacifism into the daily activities of a poor Cincinnati neighborhood. An effective leader and negotiator, his ability to achieve integration within his environment was due to his understanding of collaboration and mutual empowerment as well as his gentleness and good humor. From World War II through recent liberation struggles in Central America, tumultuous events provided a stage for Maurice McCrackinas ministry. Building the Beloved Community details the terrible price Reverend Maurice McCrackin paid for his peace and civil rights activismdefrocking, public vilification, numerous jailingsand the widespread honor and vindication he has earned in recent years for his lifetime of service. Author note: Judith A. Bechtel is Associate Professor of Literature and Language at Northern Kentucky University. Robert M. Coughlin is Associate Professor of English at Lakeland Community College in Mentor, Ohio.

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L'autore

Judith A. Blackburn (formerly Bechtel) is a Professor Emerita of Literature and Language at Northern Kentucky University. Mother and grandmother, she is a community activist, serving on several nonprofit boards. Robert M. Coughlin is Associate Professor of English at Lakeland Community College in Mentor, Ohio. He lives with his wife and daughters in Chardon, Ohio.

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Book by Bechtel Judith A Coughlin Robert M

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Temple Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0877227837
• ISBN 13: 9780877227830
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 400
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• Persona responsabile: non disponibile