In the trenches with Jesus and Marx [[electronic resource] ] : Harry F. Ward and the struggle for social justice / / David Nelson Duke

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778044503321
• Autore: Duke David Nelson <1950-2000.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2003
• ISBN: 0-8173-8276-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (325 p.)
• Collana: Religion and American culture
• Disciplina: 261.8/092; B
• Soggetti: Methodist Church - Clergy - United States; Communists - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-290) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Prologue: The world of an outsider -- An English Methodist shopkeeper's world, 1873-1891 -- Discovering new worlds in America, 1891-1898 -- Discovering the battle lines, 1898-1911 -- The increasing price of battle, 1912-1917 -- War without end, 1917-1920 -- A pragmatic holy warrior in the making, 1920-1929 -- The unraveling of radicalism : Ward and Niebuhr during the Great Depression, 1929-1939 -- More wars, 1939-1945 -- In the trenches with Jesus and Marx, 1946-1966 -- Epilogue: The legacy of Harry F. Ward.
• Sommario/riassunto: * Winner of the 2002 Anne B. and James B. McMillan Prize for the best manuscript in the field of Southern history submitted to The University of Alabama Press