Knights of the Golden Rule: The Intellectual as Christian Social Reformer in the 1890s

by Peter J. Frederick

Book Overview

This is a book about American intellectuals as would-be social reformers and what happens to them in the arena of practical politics. Specifically, it examines the lives of ten highly idealistic Christian socialist and anarchist intellectuals of the 1890s who were profoundly influenced-indeed inspired-by the prophetic social messages and exemplary lives of Tolstoy, Mazzini, and Ruskin. The ten Americans-including ministers, journalists, professors,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813152313
• ISBN13: 9780813152318
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"