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To Dwell in Peace: An Autobiography
With humility, deep insight, & poetic sensitivity of perception & expression, Berrigan gives the story of his life. He describes his early years as the 5th of six sons, his entrance into the Jesuits, his growing social activism while a chaplain at Cornell, his sacrifice of security & freedom to protest the Vietnam War in an act of civil disobedience, his furthe
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Hardcover
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1st
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364 pages
Published
1987
by Harper & Row, Publishers (San Francisco)
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This autobiography by Berrigan was written when he was sixty-six years old. It is very poetical prose, and a joy to read, even though it was also quite slow to read.
Berrigan's unswerving commitment to Christ and to peace is most impressive. He suffered greatly, and in many ways, because of that commitment. I greatly admire his devotion to Christ and to the cause of peace.
In writing about the Christian (Catholic) support for the Vietnam War, he writes, “America needed us and got us with a vengea ...more
Berrigan's unswerving commitment to Christ and to peace is most impressive. He suffered greatly, and in many ways, because of that commitment. I greatly admire his devotion to Christ and to the cause of peace.
In writing about the Christian (Catholic) support for the Vietnam War, he writes, “America needed us and got us with a vengea ...more
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