Spiritual socialists : religion and the American Left /

Spiritual socialists : religion and the American Left /

This book falls into the subject areas of the history of American religion and politics. It is about progressive religious people in the twentieth-century United States. It is about a political tradition in the United States that the author calls "spiritual socialism." This tradition is an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cook, Vaneesa Marie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
Edition:1st edition.
Subjects:
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.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Cultivating the Kingdom of God
  • Chapter 1. Reconstructing Socialism in the Wake of World War I
  • Chapter 2. The Kingdom of God in the City and the Country
  • Chapter 3. Spiritual Power and the Kingdom Abroad
  • Chapter 4. The Religious Left and the Red Scare
  • Chapter 5. Socialism of the Heart
  • Conclusion. Spiritual Socialists in the Twenty-First Century.