Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement
As the nuclear arms race exploded in the 1980s, a group of U.S. religious pacifists used radical nonviolence to intervene. Armed with hammers, they broke into military facilities to pound on missiles and pour blood on bombers, enacting the prophet Isaiah’s vision: “Nations shall beat their swords...
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| Ngôn ngữ: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2013
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| Truy cập trực tuyến: | https://scholar.dlu.edu.vn/thuvienso/handle/DLU123456789/36048 |
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| Tóm tắt: | As the nuclear arms race exploded in the 1980s, a group of U.S. religious pacifists
used radical nonviolence to intervene. Armed with hammers, they broke into
military facilities to pound on missiles and pour blood on bombers, enacting
the prophet Isaiah’s vision: “Nations shall beat their swords into plowshares and
their spears into pruning hooks.” Calling themselves the Plowshares movement,
these controversial activists received long prison sentences; nonetheless, their
movement grew and expanded to Europe and Australia.
In Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement, Sharon Erickson
Nepstad documents the emergence and international diffusion of this unique
form of high-risk collective action. Drawing on in-depth interviews, original
survey research, and archival data, Nepstad explains why some Plowshares
groups have persisted over time while others have floundered or collapsed.
Comparing the U.S. movement with less successful Plowshares groups overseas,
Nepstad reveals how decisions about leadership, organization, retention,
and cultural adaptations influence movements’ long-term trajectories. |
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