Identifying the image of god: radical christians and nonviolent power in the antebellum united states
Auteur :
McKanan, Dan
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195145328
Date de publication :
28 nov. 2002
Dimensions :
16,0 x 23,6 x 3,1 cm
Poids :
572 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Between 1820 and 1860, American social reformers pioneered a "politics of identification", which invited people to identify with society's victims, seeing in their sufferings the image of God. This work traces this idea through various kinds of literature, from novels to slave narratives.