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Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker
by Nancy L. Roberts
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0873959396
- ISBN 13
- 9780873959391
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About This Item
State University of New York Press, June 1985. Trade Paperback. Good. Ex-library with usual marks. No marks noted in text. Binding is sound. Cover in protective plastic. . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) The Catholic Worker Movement -- 2.) Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin -- 3.) Read the Catholic Worker daily! -- 4.) The journalist -- 5.) The lengthened shadow -- 6.) Ominous times, valiant decisions -- 7.) Civil disobedience and divine obedience -- 8.) Mightier than the sword. . . . . . . . . . . Fifty years ago, Dorothy Day sold the first issue of the Catholic Worker in New York, and one of the most remarkable newspapers in American history was born. It advocated something revolutionary for 1933 America: the union of Catholicism with a passionate concern for social justice and with personal activism. Today, the Catholic Worker, still a monthly with some 100,000 subscribers, remains a leader in pacifism and social justice activism. The dean of American journalism historians, Edwin Emery, recently acknowledged the extremely significant role of the Catholic Worker in the history of advocacy and religious journalism. Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker examines Dorothy Day’s vital role as editor, publisher, and chief writer―the person who guided the paper’s content and tone―until her death in 1980 at the age of 83. A devout Catholic, Dorothy Day never criticized the Church’s teachings―only its failure to live up to them. Her determined leadership gave the Catholic Worker its consistency and continuity through even those periods in American history most hostile to its message. Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker is the first full-length, scholarly study of the newspaper. Drawing primarily on the Dorothy Day-Catholic Worker Collection at Marquette University and on interviews with former Catholic Worker editors from the 1930s on, it traces the paper’s history, highlighting crisis points such as the Spanish Civil War and World War II, when individuals selling the Catholic Worker were sometimes beaten in the streets. During the McCarthy era, the Korean War, and the war in Vietnam, the Catholic Worker maintained its commitment to peace and social justice. A final chapter links the Catholic bishops’ recent pastoral letter on nuclear warfare with the peace leadership provided by the Catholic Worker. Family-owned bookshop in Steubenville, Ohio: BookMarx Bookstore. Books shipped within 24 hours.
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- Seller
- Bookmarx Bookstore (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 107427
- Title
- Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker
- Author
- Nancy L. Roberts
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0873959396
- ISBN 13
- 9780873959391
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- June 1985
- Pages
- 226
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