Plowshares: Protest, Performance, and Religious Identity in the Nuclear Age

Explores the actions of the radical Roman Catholic antinuclear activist group Plowshares. Focuses on the closely interwoven religious and social significance of the group’s actions and subsequent legal trials, which rely on performances of moral distinction to achieve the activists’ aims.

Author: Kristen Tobey
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Published: 12/15/2017
Pages: 184
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d
ISBN13: 9780271076737
ISBN10: 0271076739
BISAC Categories:
– Religion | Christianity | Catholic
– Religion | Religion, Politics & State
– Social Science | Sociology of Religion

About the Author

Kristen Tobey is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at John Carroll University.