Description
Book SynopsisPatricia McNeal's comprehensive study of American Catholic peacemaking in the twentieth century documents the growth of pacifism and nonviolence within the American Catholic community, and assesses its impact on the church and the nation.
Trade Review"More than a history of a movement, this book tells the stories of some of those men and women in the Catholic community who have helped bring the U.S. church into a highly visible role of peacemaking." -- Thomas J. Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
"McNeal narrates the tortuous search for a Catholic approach to peace.... This is an original and comprehensive history... [it] belongs in every library on peace movement history and Catholic social thought." -- Charles Chatfield, Wittenberg University
"A valuable and highly significant work. It is the definitive account of the growth of pacifism... among American Catholics and of the impact of the peace movement on the Roman Catholic church in the United States in the twentieth century." -- John W. Chambers, Rutgers University
"McNeal demonstrates a broad understanding of contemporary Roman Catholicism and of the historical context of its development.... This is an impressive book." -- David J. O'Brien
Table of ContentsPreface
- Origins of the Catholic Peace Movement
- Dorothy Day: Mother of American Catholic Pacifism
- World War II and the Just War Tradition
- The Birth of Nonviolence: From World War II to Vatican II
- Thomas Merton at the Crossroads of Peace
- The Catholic Peace Movement and Vietnam
- The Berrigan Brothers and the Catholic Resistance
- Catholic Peacemaking
Note on the Sources
Notes
Index
