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Author : Daniel Berrigan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (132 download)
Download or read book For Swords Into Plowshares, the Hammer Has to Fall written by Daniel Berrigan and published by . This book was released on 1984* with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur J. Laffin
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1608990591
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Swords into Plowshares, Volume One written by Arthur J. Laffin and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is nonviolent civil disobedience (divine disobedience) an imperative for bringing about disarmament? What is the connection between faith, nonviolence, and resistance? How does one prepare for nonviolent acts of resistance? How does one respond to the charges brought in court? How does one view and cope with the consequences of imprisonment? How have some people nonviolently responded to U.S. intervention in Iraq and Central America and in war-torn countries like Bosnia? What are the main tenets of U.S. nuclear and foreign policy in the post-Cold War era? What is the human cost of weapons production? What does it mean to live in a national security state? What are some of the challenges faced by people in the U.S. who are concerned about justice and peace? The primary goal of this revised edition of Swords into Plowshares is to provide some initial answers to these and related questions. Contributors to this edition include: Bob Aldridge, Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Samuel H. Day Jr., Jim and Shelly Douglass, Elizabeth McAlister, Molly Rush, and a host of other activists.
Author : Kristen Tobey
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271078286
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Plowshares written by Kristen Tobey and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1980, eight Catholic activists made their way into a Pennsylvania General Electric plant housing parts for nuclear missiles. Evading security guards, these activists pounded on missile nose cones with hammers and then covered the cones in their own blood. This act of nonviolent resistance was their answer to calls for prophetic witness in the Old Testament: “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not take up sword against nation; they shall never again know war.” Plowshares explores the closely interwoven religious and social significance of the group’s use of performance to achieve its goals. It looks at the group’s acts of civil disobedience, such as that undertaken at the GE plant in 1980, and the Plowshares’ behavior at the legal trials that result from these protests. Interpreting the Bible as a mandate to enact God’s kingdom through political resistance, the Plowshares work toward “symbolic disarmament,” with the aim of eradicating nuclear weapons. Plowshares activists continue to carry out such “divine obediences” against facilities where equipment used in the production or deployment of nuclear weapons is manufactured or stored. Whether one agrees or disagrees with their actions, this volume helps us better understand their motivations, logic, identity, and ultimate goal.
Author : Murray Polner
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429980604
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Disarmed And Dangerous written by Murray Polner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What transformed Daniel and Philip Berrigan from conventional Roman Catholic priests into ?holy outlaws??for a time the two most wanted men of J. Edgar Hoover's FBI? And how did they evolve from their traditionally pious, second-generation immigrant beginnings to become the most famous (some would say notorious) religious rebels of their day?Disarmed and Dangerous, the first full-length unauthorized biography of the Berrigans, answers these questions with an incisive and illuminating account of their rise to prominence as civil rights and antiwar activists. It also traces the brothers' careers as constant thorns in the side of church authority as well as their leadership of the ongoing Plowshares movement?a highly controversial campaign of civil disobedience against the contemporary arms trade and nuclear weapons.Murray Polner and Jim O'Grady plumb the Berrigans' contradictions: among them, Philip's secret marriage, while he was still a Josephite priest, to Elizabeth McAlister, then a Catholic nun, which led to their dismissals by their respective religious orders and Philip's excommunication from the church; and Daniel's speech faulting Israel's treatment of Palestinians, and the resulting criticism loosed upon him from pro-Israeli Americans and many of his allies on the left.Disarmed and Dangerous is a fascinating study of brothers linked by faith and the dreams of peace and social justice in a century bloodied by war, mass murders, and weapons of immense destructive power. It is, above all, an original contribution to modern American history that is sure to be widely read and discussed.
Author : Liane Ellison Norman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725237423
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Hammer of Justice written by Liane Ellison Norman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As a study of the nature and sources of personal heroism in pursuit of moral vision, this book is remarkable." --Ramsey Clark "Molly Rush is one of the pioneers and heroes of our modern age." --Helen Caldicott, founding president of Physicians for Social Responsibility; founder of Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament "We are not exactly the world we were when Molly struck her blow for peace. One reason we are not is that Molly Rush defied popular wisdom. 'If it would do any good,' people said, 'we'd do it too.' Molly did it without a warranty. She had no assurance it would do good, but she did it all the same. Her story is truly, beautifully, soundly, responsibly, and reliably told by Liane Norman." --Mark Harris, author of The Southpaw and Bang the Drum Slowly "Praising Molly Rush seems to me a redundant exercise; somewhat like praising the Grand Canyon or a Mojave sunset. She is, like them, a natural wonder. Spouse and parent, conscious and joyous spirit, friend and arduous worker, she seems to me above all a teacher of what the human might be. She lives her ideals." --Father Daniel Berrigan, poet and member of the Plowshares Eight "Molly Rush's story is a testament to the extraordinary strengths of 'ordinary' people. With warm sympathy and lyric grace, Liane Norman illumines Molly's discovery of strength and freedom, and with it the possibility of finding our own." --Mark Sommer, author of Beyond the Bomb and The Conquest of War "Liane Norman brilliantly tells the story of Molly Rush, a true hero of our time, resisting nonviolently the onslaught of nuclearism, accepting prison as an expression of love for her children and her country. Norman's faithful narrative ensures a deeply moving and edifying experience for any serious reader." --Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law, Princeton University; author (with Robert Jay Lifton) of Indefensible Weapons
Author : Myers, Ched
Publisher : Orbis Books
ISBN 13 : 1608331393
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Binding the Strong Man written by Myers, Ched and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is the first commentary on the Gospel of Mark to systematically apply a multidisciplinary approach, called 'socio-literary method.' Myers integrates literary criticism, socio-historical exegesis, and political hermeneutics in his investigation of Mark—the oldest story of Jesus—as 'manifesto of radical discipleship'." --
Author : Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521717671
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)
Download or read book Religion and War Resistance in the Plowshares Movement written by Sharon Erickson Nepstad and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-04-07 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nepstad documents the trajectories of various Plowshares movement groups, revealing how activist decisions affect longevity.
Author : Anne Klejment
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313370028
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)
Download or read book American Catholic Pacifism written by Anne Klejment and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1996-11-25 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Richard B. Miller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226527964
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (265 download)
Download or read book Interpretations of Conflict written by Richard B. Miller and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1991-11-15 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With today's world torn by violence and conflict, Richard B. Miller's study of the ethics of war could not be more timely. Miller brings together the opposed traditions of pacifism and just-war theory and puts them into a much-needed dialogue on the ethics of war. Beginning with the duty of nonviolence as a point of convergence between the two rival traditions, Miller provides an opportunity for pacifists and just-war theorists to refine their views in a dialectical exchange over a set of ethical and social questions. From the interface of these two long- standing and seemingly incompatible traditions emerges a surprisingly fruitful discussion over a common set of values, problems, and interests: the presumption against harm, the relation of justice and order, the ethics of civil disobedience, the problem of self-righteousness in moral discourse about war, the ethics of nuclear deterrence, and the need for practical reasoning about the morality of war. Miller pays critical attention to thinkers such as Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, as well as to modern thinkers like H. Richard Niebuhr, Paul Ramsey, Martin Luther King, Jr., James Douglass, the Berrigans, William O'Brien, Michael Walzer, and James Childress. He demonstrates how pacifism and just-war tenets can be joined around both theoretical and practical issues. Interpretations of Conflict is a work of massive scholarship and careful reasoning that should interest philosophers, theologians, and religious ethicists alike. It enhances our moral literacy about injury, suffering, and killing, and offers a compelling dialectical approach to ethics in a pluralistic society. Richard B. Miller is assistant professor of religious studies at Indiana University.
Author : David L. Schalk
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803293434
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (934 download)
Download or read book War and the Ivory Tower written by David L. Schalk and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In War and the Ivory Tower, David L. Schalk explores the public role of the intellectual in times of national crisis. He compares American responses to the Vietnam War with French responses to the Algerian War, finding many similarities in the way intellectuals voiced their outrage at the policies of their governments. At a time when national crises abound but protest is out of fashion, and intellectuals are possibly a dying species, this book presents a needed reexamination of what it means for intellectuals to speak out on issues of international importance.
Author : Daniel Berrigan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725225085
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)
Download or read book Daniel written by Daniel Berrigan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-04-03 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daniel: Under the Siege of the Divine is a powerful, poetic commentary on one of the Bible's most politically charged books by one of America's greatest peacemaking prophets, Daniel Berrigan. Using the insights he has gained from a lifetime of nonviolent resistance to war and empire, Berrigan walks us through these ancient biblical stories of nonviolent resistance to war and empire, pointing out how we can learn from Daniel and his friends to keep the faith, stay hopeful, and resist every war, injustice, and empire today. It is not only one of Berrigan's best books, but one of the best commentaries on the book of Daniel. Through the scripture and the author's life, we discover the power and duty of civil disobedience to the culture of war and divine obedience to the God of peace.
Author : Ronald G. Musto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Catholic Peace Tradition written by Ronald G. Musto and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Scholarly Title
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Peace Tradition in the Catholic Church written by and published by Scholarly Title. This book was released on 1987 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companion volume to: The Catholic peace tradition. Includes indexes.
Author : Michael Gallagher
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 149829930X
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Download or read book Laws of Heaven written by Michael Gallagher and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-01-26 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable book about religion and politics today, Commonweal writer Michael Gallagher asks the question, How does one adhere to an essentially simple faith in a complex society that lacks moral leadership not only in its government, but also in its religious institutions? Laws of Heaven answers by exploring the lives of twelve extraordinary men and women whose controversial beliefs have led them to challenge their church and government as well as to frequently place their lives on the line. Here you will meet some of contemporary America’s bravest and most unusual citizens: Marietta Jaegar, whose young daughter was brutally murdered by a serial killer, and who has become a dedicated anti-death penalty and peace activist; Charlie Liteky, who, relinquishing the Medal of Honor and the pension that accompanies it, fasted regularly in order to protest U.S. support of the Contras in Nicaragua; Elizabeth McAlister, who, like her husband, Philip Berrigan, repeatedly took part in acts of civil disobedience to protest American reliance on nuclear weapons; William P. Ford, a Wall Street attorney whose life was turned upside down when his sister was killed in El Salvador. Laws of Heaven is a challenging and provocative contribution to our understanding of the world in which we live. The lives of its twelve subjects force us to confront our own values and to ask how far we would be willing to go for what we believe in.
Author : Jesse Steven Wheeler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666709581
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)
Download or read book Serving a Crucified King written by Jesse Steven Wheeler and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-11-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serving a Crucified King speaks to a growing crisis within the contemporary church, one of misplaced allegiance and misguided discipleship. If Jesus Christ is who we claim him to be, then we must ask ourselves: Are we truly conducting our lives and constructing our communities in light of that astonishing reality? But, as long as the contemporary church continues to act in a manner so seemingly at odds with the mission and message of Jesus, it remains in a state of emergency. Albeit a serious charge, solving this crisis is of the utmost importance if we are to live once again in faithful obedience to Jesus Christ as king. The magnitude of the problem necessitates the establishment of a movement of kingdom citizens devoted to the cruciform reign of Christ and committed to a wholesale transformation in thinking and practice within the church. To this end, Serving a Crucified King is a clarion call back to the real work of being a disciple of Jesus in our society. Expect to have your thinking challenged, your heart moved, and your action re-oriented.
Author : John R. Vile
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538141671
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book The Bible in American Law and Politics written by John R. Vile and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-09-19 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While scholars increasingly recognize the importance of religion throughout American history, The Bible in American Law and Politics is the first reference book to focus on the key role that the Bible has played in American public life. In considering revolting from Great Britain, Americans contemplated whether this was consistent with scripture. Americans subsequently sought to apply Biblical passages to such issues as slavery, women’s rights, national alcoholic prohibition, issues of war and peace, and the like. American presidents continue to take their oath on the Bible. Some of America’s greatest speeches, for example, Lincoln’s Second Inaugural and William Jennings Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech, have been grounded on Biblical texts or analogies. Today, Americans continue to cite the Bible for positions as diverse as LGBTQ rights, abortion, immigration, welfare, health care, and other contemporary issues. By providing essays on key speeches, books, documents, legal decisions, and other writings throughout American history that have sought to buttress arguments through citations to Scriptures or to Biblical figures, John Vile provides an indispensable guide for scholars and students in religion, American history, law, and political science to understand how Americans throughout its history have interpreted and applied the Bible to legal and political issues.
Author : Roger Burggraeve
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802805683
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Swords Into Plowshares written by Roger Burggraeve and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1991 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
