Fighting to Preserve a Nation's Soul: America's Ecumenical War on Poverty

by Robert Bauman

Book Overview

Fighting to Preserve a Nation's Soul examines the relationship between religion, race, and the War on Poverty that President Lyndon Johnson initiated in 1964 and that continues into the present. It studies the efforts by churches, synagogues, and ecumenical religious organizations to join and fight the war on poverty as begun in 1964 by the Office of Economic Opportunity. The book also explores the evolving role of religion in relation to the power...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820361704
• ISBN13: 9780820361703
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"