People get ready : twelve Jesus-haunted misfits, malcontents, and dreamers in pursuit of justice /
edited by Peter Slade, Shea Tuttle, and Jacqueline A. Bussie.
- xviii, 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Charles Marsh Florence Jordan -- Bruce Klunder -- Tom Skinner -- Rachel Carson -- Allan M. Tibbels -- Mary Paik Lee -- Flannery O'Connor -- Pete Seeger -- Toni Morrison -- Jack Egan -- Sarah Patton Boyle -- Ramon Dagoberto Quiñones.
"People Get Ready tells the stories of twelve twentieth-century activists whose faith led them to speak prophetically and work peacefully toward social justice for the marginalized"--
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Jesus Christ--Example. Jesus Christ.
1900-1999
Christian biography--United States. Christianity and justice--United States. Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity. Church work--United States. Christian biography. Christianity and justice. Church work. Jesus Christ as an example to be followed. Social justice--Religious aspects--Christianity.
United States--Church history--20th century. United States.