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Daniel L. Christopher-Smith focuses on the life and efforts of Keir Hardie, one of the founders of the UK Labour Party and one of the foremost figureheads of trade unionism. Drawing upon the work of two contemporary and significant American theorists - Herbert Guttman's classic essay on "Working Class Religion" and Michael Gold's call for "Proletarian Literature" - Christopher-Smith marries British and American historical and theoretical debat...

Choosing ten films that were considered "suspicious, " "un-American, " or even "dangerous" by the conservative media, and especially the infamous "House Un-American Affairs Committee" (HUAC) between 1947-1953, each chapter briefly outlines how progressive Christians should have supported the message of the film rather than condemned it. Each chapter explains why the film was considered controversial, and then proposes a number of arguments dra...

Choosing ten films that were considered "suspicious, " "un-American, " or even "dangerous" by the conservative media, and especially the infamous "House Un-American Affairs Committee" (HUAC) between 1947-1953, each chapter briefly outlines how progressive Christians should have supported the message of the film rather than condemned it. Each chapter explains why the film was considered controversial, and then proposes a number of arguments dra...

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The Christian church continues to seek ethical and spiritual models from the period of Israel's monarchy and has avoided the gravity of the Babylonian exile. Against this tradition, the author argues that the period of focus for the canonical construction of biblical thought is precisely the exile. Here the voices of dissent arose and articulated words of truth in the context of failed power.

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Description: Through brilliant new interpretations of biblical exiles, Daniel Smith-Christopher shows their experience as the most apt model for the Church as witnesses for the peace and justice of God in a strange land. Endorsements: "Smith presents the biblical exile as a model for godly faith. Scholars will appreciate his creative sociological interface between modern oppressed groups and Israel in captivity. Civil religion and liberat...

Considered one of the Minor Prophets, the book of Micah contains the famous quote â oewhat does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?â � (Micah 6:8). However, many of us do not know the circumstances that led the prophet to these famous...

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