Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns: The Catholic Conflict Over Cold War Human Rights Policy in Central America
Awards:   Short-listed for Juan E. Mendez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America (formerly WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award) (United States). Winner of John Gilmary Shea Prize (United States). Winner of John Gilmary Shea Prize 2020 (United States) Winner of Juan E. Mendez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America (formerly WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award) (United States). Winner of Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America (formerly WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award) 2020 (United States)
Author:   Theresa Keeley
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
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9781501750755


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   15 September 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Hardback
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  • Short-listed for Juan E. Mendez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America (formerly WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award) (United States).
  • Winner of John Gilmary Shea Prize (United States).
  • Winner of John Gilmary Shea Prize 2020 (United States)
  • Winner of Juan E. Mendez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America (formerly WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award) (United States).
  • Winner of Juan E. Méndez Book Award for Human Rights in Latin America (formerly WOLA-Duke Human Rights Book Award) 2020 (United States)

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Author:   Theresa Keeley
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Cornell University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9781501750755


ISBN 10:   1501750755
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   15 September 2020
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Catholic Divisions, U.S.–Central America Policy, and the Cold War 1. From Senator McCarthy's Darlings to Marxist Maryknollers 2. Religious or Political Activists for Nicaragua? 3. Subversives in El Salvador 4. U.S. Guns Kill U.S. Nuns 5. Reagan and the White House's Maryknoll Nun 6. Real Catholics versus Maryknollers 7. Maryknoll and Iran-Contra 8. Déjà Vu: Jesuits and Maryknollers Epilogue: Women, the Catholic Church, and U.S.–Central America Relations after the Cold War

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Once again, Reagan's Gun-Toting Nuns is a fascinating study which places the messiness of religion at its center and illuminates the Catholic dimensions of U.S. policy towards Central America. For scholars of Catholicism, it offers insights into how to study lived religion and gender, as well as how to consider liberation theology in the American context. It is a thought-provoking work, inviting us to grapple with the significance of religion to this particular historical moment. * H-DIPLO *


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Theresa Keeley is Assistant Professor of U.S. and the World at the University of Louisville.

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