American Catholic Pacifism

Auteur

Anne Klejment

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 Also included are a study of Dorothy Day's preconversion pacifism, previously unpublished letters from Dorothy Day to Thomas Merton, Eileen Egan's account of the birth and early years of Pax, the Catholic Worker-inspired peace organization, and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

Contenu

The Catholic Worker in the United States Peace Tradition, by Charles Chatfield The Radical Origins of Catholic Pacifism: Dorothy Day and the Lyrical Left during World War I, by Anne Klejment Catholic Peace Organizations and World War II, by Patricia McNeal Conscription and the Catholic Conscience in World War II, by Patrick G. Coy Prophecy Faces Tradition: The Pacifist Debate during World War II, by Francis J. Sicius The Catholic Worker and Peace in the Early Cold War Era, by Mel Piehl The Leaven, by James W. Douglass The Correspondence of Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton, compiled, introduced and edited by William H. Shannon The Struggle of the Small Vehicle, Pax, by Eileen Egan The Catholic Worker and the Vietnam War, by Anne Klejment and Nancy L. Roberts ANZUS Plowshares: A Nonviolent Campaign, by Ciaron O'Reilly The Catholic Worker and Peace: Resources in the Marquette University Archives, by Phillip M. Runkel Index