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As religious leaders spoke out on issues of civil rights, peace, or poverty, CCS members were also called to action by the suffering of women who had approached them for help. Overwhelmingly male, white, affluent, and middle-aged, these mainline Protestant and Jewish clergy were nonetheless outspoken advocates for the rights of women, particularly poor women. To Offer Compassion is a detailed history of this unique and largely forgotten movement, drawing on extensive interviews with original participants and on primary documents from the CCS's operations.
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"Provides a compelling account of the important, but nearly forgotten development in the abortion debate: the advent in 1967 of the first organized religious support for abortion rights." - The Times Literary Supplement
Pages | 256 |
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Dimensions | 229 x 152 |
Date Published | 30 Mar 2017 |
Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
Subject/s | Ethical issues & debates   Feminism & feminist theory   |
Patricia A. Relf is a freelance writer.