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 Also included are a study of Dorothy Day's preconversion pacifism, previously unpublished letters from Dorothy Day to Thomas Merton, Eileen Egan's account of the birth and early years of Pax, the Catholic Worker-inspired peace organization, and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: Praeger
• | Publication Date: Nov 25, 1996
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 027594784X
• | ISBN-13: 9780275947842