Liberal Christianity and Women's Global Activism: The YWCA of the USA and the Maryknoll Sisters

by Amanda Izzo

Religiously influenced social movements tend to be characterized as products of the conservative turn in Protestant and Catholic life in the latter part of the twentieth century, with women's mobilizations centering on defense of the "traditional" family. In Liberal Christianity and Women's Global Activism, Amanda L. Izzo argues that, contrary to this view, liberal wings of Christian churches have remained an instrumental presence in U.S. and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813588480
• ISBN13: 9780813588483
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher