American Catholic Pacifism: The Influence of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement Klejment, Anne and Roberts, Nancy L.

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 Also included are a study of Dorothy Day's preconversion pacifism, previously unpublished letters from Dorothy Day to Thomas Merton, Eileen Egan's account of the birth and early years of Pax, the Catholic Worker-inspired peace organization, and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.

DOI: 10.1336/027594784X Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C4784.aspx

American Catholic Pacifism: The Influence of Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement Hardback, 224 pages, $119.95 Copyright ©1996, Praeger Publishers ISBN: 0-275-94784-X DOI: 10.1336/027594784X

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