My Brother's Keeper: George McGovern and Progressive Christianity

by Mark A. Lempke

George McGovern is chiefly remembered for his landslide loss to Richard Nixon in 1972. Yet at the time, his candidacy raised eyebrows by invoking the prophetic tradition, an element of his legacy that is little studied. In My Brother's Keeper, Mark A. Lempke explores the influence of McGovern's evangelical childhood, Social Gospel worldview, and conscientious Methodism on a campaign that brought antiwar activism into the mainstream.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625342772
• ISBN13: 9781625342775
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher