American Catholic Pacifism: The Influence of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement

This collection of mostly original essays by scholars and Catholic Worker activists provides a systematic, analytical study of the emergence and nature of pacifism in the largest single denomination in the United States: Roman Catholicism. The collection underscores the pivotal role of Dorothy Day's Catholic Worker movement in challenging the conventional understanding of just-war principles and the American Catholic Church's identification with uncritical militarism. Also included are a study of Dorothy Day's preconversion pacifism, previously unpublished letters from Dorothy Day to Thomas Merton, Eileen Egan's account of the birth and early years of Pax, the Catholic Worker-inspired peace organization, and in-depth coverage of how the contemporary Plowshares movement emerged from the Catholic Worker movement.

Author: Anne Klejment
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 11/25/1996
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.46h x 6.08w x 0.85d
ISBN: 9780275947842

About the Author

ANNE KLEJMENT is Professor of History at the University of St. Thomas.

NANCY L. ROBERTS is Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. She graduated from Swarthmore College in 1976.