"The Duty of Delight": Dorothy Day's Living of the Gospel and Holiness in Our Time: a Review Essay

The article presents a profile of Dorothy Day, social activist and co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement. She is described a crusader for justice in the Great Depression, a pacifist in the World War II, a protester in the Cold War nuclear years, during the civil rights and the anti-war movement...

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Main Author: Plekon, Michael 1948- (Author)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2009
In: Cistercian studies quarterly
Year: 2009, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-87
Further subjects:B Book review
B Social Justice
B Catholic Worker Movement
B Civil rights workers
B Cold War, 1945-1991
B Day, Dorothy, 1897-1980
B World War II
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Summary:The article presents a profile of Dorothy Day, social activist and co-founder of the Catholic Worker movement. She is described a crusader for justice in the Great Depression, a pacifist in the World War II, a protester in the Cold War nuclear years, during the civil rights and the anti-war movements. Dorothy's particular life, experience, and work are a kind of living icon, an image witnessing to myriad possibilities for living a holy life. She was dedicated towards social justice.
ISSN:1062-6549
Contains:Enthalten in: Cistercian studies quarterly