The Unaffiliated Revolution of Dorothy Day.
The article discusses social activist Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. It details biographical details such as her membership in the Communist Party in the 1920s prior to her conversion to Catholicism. It remarks on her strong anti-establishment beliefs which applied equally to...
| Publicado en: | Raritan Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 70 - 97 |
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Rutgers University, Raritan
Spring2018
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| Sumario: | The article discusses social activist Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker Movement. It details biographical details such as her membership in the Communist Party in the 1920s prior to her conversion to Catholicism. It remarks on her strong anti-establishment beliefs which applied equally to government and church hierarchies. Also mentioned is her candidacy for canonization, mention of Day as a role model in the U.S. by Popes Benedict XVI and Francis, and her sense of socialist identity while a Catholic activist. |
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