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Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement (Paperback)
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Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Contentious Politics
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As the nuclear arms race exploded in the 1980s, a group of U.S.
religious pacifists used radical nonviolence to intervene. Armed
with hammers, they broke into military facilities to pound on
missiles and pour blood on bombers, enacting the prophet Isaiah's
vision: "Nations shall beat their swords into plowshares and their
spears into pruning hooks." Calling themselves the Plowshares
movement, these controversial activists received long prison
sentences; nonetheless, their movement grew and expanded to Europe
and Australia. In this book, Sharon Erickson Nepstad documents the
emergence and international diffusion of this unique form of
high-risk collective action. Drawing on in-depth interviews,
original survey research, and archival data, Nepstad explains why
some Plowshares groups have persisted over time while others have
struggled or collapsed. Comparing the U.S. movement with less
successful Plowshares groups overseas, Nepstad reveals how
decisions about leadership, organization, retention, and cultural
adaptations influence movements' long-term trajectories.
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