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Pro-Life Activists in America: Meaning, Motivation, and Direct Action
Carol J. C. Maxwell
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Description for Pro-Life Activists in America: Meaning, Motivation, and Direct Action
Paperback. An oral history of pro-life direct activism from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFMA; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Maxwell offers an oral history of pro-life direct activism in America from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. Through the stories of leaders and followers, men and women, Catholics and evangelicals, Carol Maxwell explores the complex beliefs and desires that gave rise to this activism, sustained, and eventually undid it. Maxwell's interdisciplinary approach weaves theory from sociology, political science, anthropology, and moral philosophy. She pays special attention to several key issues: the role of the participants' diverse concepts of salvation; concerns about social change; their unresolved grief; their personal experiences of abortion; and differences in men's and women's commitment ... Read more
Maxwell offers an oral history of pro-life direct activism in America from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. Through the stories of leaders and followers, men and women, Catholics and evangelicals, Carol Maxwell explores the complex beliefs and desires that gave rise to this activism, sustained, and eventually undid it. Maxwell's interdisciplinary approach weaves theory from sociology, political science, anthropology, and moral philosophy. She pays special attention to several key issues: the role of the participants' diverse concepts of salvation; concerns about social change; their unresolved grief; their personal experiences of abortion; and differences in men's and women's commitment ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521669429
SKU
V9780521669429
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Reviews for Pro-Life Activists in America: Meaning, Motivation, and Direct Action
"...a book that offers much that students of movements in all disciplines will find useful." Mobilization, Myra Max Ferree