My Brother's Keeper : George McGovern and Progressive Christianity /

"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 McGo...

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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Lempke, Mark A., 1983- (Auteur)
Coauteur: Project Muse
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Boston : University of Massachusetts Press, [2017]
Reeks:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Online toegang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1842569
Inhoudsopgave:
  • 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.