A Revolution of the heart : essays on the Catholic worker

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A Revolution of the heart : essays on the Catholic worker

edited by Patrick G. Coy

Temple University Press, 1988

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Includes bibliographies and index

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  • Peter Maurin / Marc H. Ellis
  • Peter Maurin's personalist democracy / Geoffrey B. Gnuehs
  • Dorothy Day / Eileen Egan
  • Dorothy Day / Nancy L. Roberts
  • The one-person revolution of Ammon Hennacy / Patrick G. Coy
  • The politics of free obedience / Mel Piehl
  • The prophetic spirituality of the Catholic worker / Daniel DiDomizio
  • Houses of hospitality / Angie O'Gorman and Patrick G. Coy
  • War resistance and property destruction / Anne Klejment
  • Experiments in truth / Janice Brandon-Falcone
  • The Chicago Catholic worker / Francis Sicius

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These new essays by scholars, activists and workers examine themes, events, and people that have shaped and continue to build the Catholic Worker movement. Voices from both inside and outside the movement provide a much-needed analysis of the ongoing significance of the Worker experiment of voluntary poverty, gospel nonviolence, and solidarity with the poor as a movement in U.S. religious history. Five of the eleven essays focus on individuals who were central to the movement's development: Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin, and Ammon Hennacy. Four essays explore critically important themes of the Catholic Worker: the practice of nonviolence in the often violent atmosphere of hospitality houses for the homeless, prophetic spirituality, the relationship of radical politics to religious orthodoxy, and the differences and similarities between Catholic Worker pacifism and Vietnam-era draft board raids led by the Berrigan brothers. A final section attends to the decentralized nature of this essentially anarchist movement offering case histories of Worker communities in St. Louis and Chicago. With increasing numbers of Christians turning to the gospel call of peace, simplicity, and service, and with over one hundred Catholic Worker communities existing in the United States, this timely collection offers a fresh analysis of the movement's tradition, and its contribution to American culture. Patrick G. Coy, formerly Coordinator of the Peace and Justice Ministry at St. Louis University, is a member of the Karen Catholic Worker House Community and is on the National Council of the Fellowship of Reconciliation.

Table of Contents

Peter Maurin / Marc H. Ellis -- Peter Maurin's personalist democracy / Geoffrey B. Gnuehs -- Dorothy Day / Eileen Egan -- Dorothy Day / Nancy L. Roberts -- The one-person revolution of Ammon Hennacy / Patrick G. Coy -- The politics of free obedience / Mel Piehl -- The prophetic spirituality of the Catholic worker / Daniel DiDomizio -- Houses of hospitality / Angie O'Gorman and Patrick G. Coy -- War resistance and property destruction / Anne Klejment -- Experiments in truth / Janice Brandon-Falcone -- TheChicago Catholic worker / Francis Sicius.

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