Vera Brittain

The Rebel Passion

A Short History of Some Pioneer Peace-Makers

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1964, this book tells the story, in terms of their ideas and personalities and the vital flame that inspired them, of a group of very different yet spiritually related Christians who sought to confront a world involved in deeper conflict than any could fully realize, with the basic essentials of peace.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780367261757
• ISBN-10: 0367261758
• Artikelnr.: 66544346

Autorenporträt

Vera Brittain

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. The Politics of Compassion 2. Peace-making Experiments Before
1914 3. The I.F.o.R. 1914-39 4. The I.F.o.R. 1939-64 5. British Witnesses
6. The American Testimony 7. Fellowships in Central Europe (i) Germany (ii)
Austria (iii) Czechoslovakia 8. Peace Leadership in France 9. Continental
Crusaders 10. The Commonwealth Story 11. The Fellowship in Asia 12. The
Peace Movement Through Fifty Years: Some Changes in Thought and Practice.
Appendix. Index.