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.


Biographies.
Church history.
Biographies.

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