At Play in the Lions' Den: A Biography and Memoir of Daniel Berrigan eBook:
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The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton's Advice to Peacemakers
Jim Forest
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In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk's Memoir
Paul Quenon
4.0 out of 5 stars 1
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$13.64
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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 28478 KB
Print Length: 352 pages
Publisher: ORBIS (16 November 2017)
Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc.
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Amazon.com: 4.9 out of 5 stars 14 reviews
moby pablo
5.0 out of 5 starsChanging them for the better! Daniel's travels in the "underground "and prison are ...
5 November 2017 - Published on Amazon.com
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Jim Forest's book is so needed as of NOW! The lion's den of trump surrounds us and Forest's book presents the saintly peacenik, Father Daniel Berrigan, S J- as an antidote. The book is copiously illustrated with photos and Forest, a protester and biographer of possible Saint Dorothy Day, knows whereof he writes. Sometimes persons question the results of such actions by Berrigan as the anti draft action of the Catonsville 9 or the Plowshares anti nuclear actions to follow? As Forest writes- one result was changing lives! Not just ending the draft but actually changing lives! Changing them for the better!
Daniel's travels in the "underground "and prison are described; his various protests provide a roadmap for activists.
And Dan was a poet and writer of at least 50 books.
One realizes with the Forest book that the Berrigans had a program along with their pointed protests- a religious program to be sure- but something sturdier and older than such movements as Occupy or even Black Lives Matter; the brothers were (and inspire us to be) FOR SOMETHING! Black Lives Matter at least has a few leaders (name one), but black spokespersons like Cornel West and William Barber continue the “prophetic” condition. Where are the women? Elizabeth Warren?
All this makes this book indispensable.
When the Milwaukee 14 (Forest was a member) burned draft files, they sang "Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead" (from the "Wizard of Oz"). A book like this can help melt the shoes off of the military-industrial generals now in charge.
Read less10 people found this helpful.
tony dalton
5.0 out of 5 starsA man wanted by the FBI, described as dangerous, Berrigan had never owned or carried a weapon.
15 June 2018 - Published on Amazon.com
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This book so impresses from the start that even before completing reading the book, I purchased a copy to be sent to a relative in Canada
I still am completing the book but can justly say that the book is hard to put down and the author has both the capacity and sensitivity to describe and take one into the heart and soul of this amazing man.
A priest who has made such a mark on the social justice and peace arena in the US, for so many years.
Daniel Berrigan and his brother Phil are larger than life, very different yet complementary siblings who changed so much of how we think of what went on in the US in the social justice world and, in particular during the Vietnam war.
I think that there is so much can be said in recommending this book, but I will attempt to sum up what it has done for me,
I now live in a sort of healthy uneasy way, healthy because I now understand so much of the depth of the trauma of a nation seen through the eyes of someone who loved, and put himself on the line for what he believed in.
Uneasy because it is no longer simple for me to look at the complex world so lacking in social justice, Berrigan has opened my eyes forever.
Forest has zoomed in on a life that is almost indescribable, each critical event in the development of Berrigan is so well revealed, you just live it.
Not least because of his rather dysfunctional family origins.
Read less3 people found this helpful.
Lyn Isbell
5.0 out of 5 starsBeautifully-written, with plentiful photographs, witty and detailed, ...
6 December 2017 - Published on Amazon.com
Verified Purchase
Beautifully-written, with plentiful photographs, witty and detailed, this is a page-turner. I am giving copies to family and friends to sustain them in these perilous times. Impossible though it sounds, this book is both challenging and comforting. Well-done, Jim Forest. Profound gratitude.5 people found this helpful.
jimsgirl
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent presentation of the life of Daniel Berrigan SJ
10 June 2018 - Published on Amazon.com
Verified Purchase
Excellent presentation of the life of Daniel Berrigan SJ, by Jim Forest,, a friend who walked the walk with Berrigan. Lots of wonderful photographs bring you closer to the subject: a good priest and humanitarian who put his life on the line for peace.
A Reader in Washington DC
5.0 out of 5 starsA primer for the next generation of true activists
9 March 2018 - Published on Amazon.com
Verified Purchase
There is an authenticity to this that other books about Berrigan don't share. It sounds fresh, believable, and it is an essential read.
Length: 240 pages Word Wise: Enabled Enhanced Typesetting:Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled Language: English
The Root of War is Fear: Thomas Merton's Advice to Peacemakers
Jim Forest
Kindle Edition
$18.50
In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk's Memoir
Paul Quenon
4.0 out of 5 stars 1
Kindle Edition
$13.64
Product details
Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 28478 KB
Print Length: 352 pages
Publisher: ORBIS (16 November 2017)
Sold by: Amazon Australia Services, Inc.
----------------------------
Most helpful customer reviews on Amazon.com
Amazon.com: 4.9 out of 5 stars 14 reviews
moby pablo
5.0 out of 5 starsChanging them for the better! Daniel's travels in the "underground "and prison are ...
5 November 2017 - Published on Amazon.com
Verified Purchase
Jim Forest's book is so needed as of NOW! The lion's den of trump surrounds us and Forest's book presents the saintly peacenik, Father Daniel Berrigan, S J- as an antidote. The book is copiously illustrated with photos and Forest, a protester and biographer of possible Saint Dorothy Day, knows whereof he writes. Sometimes persons question the results of such actions by Berrigan as the anti draft action of the Catonsville 9 or the Plowshares anti nuclear actions to follow? As Forest writes- one result was changing lives! Not just ending the draft but actually changing lives! Changing them for the better!
Daniel's travels in the "underground "and prison are described; his various protests provide a roadmap for activists.
And Dan was a poet and writer of at least 50 books.
One realizes with the Forest book that the Berrigans had a program along with their pointed protests- a religious program to be sure- but something sturdier and older than such movements as Occupy or even Black Lives Matter; the brothers were (and inspire us to be) FOR SOMETHING! Black Lives Matter at least has a few leaders (name one), but black spokespersons like Cornel West and William Barber continue the “prophetic” condition. Where are the women? Elizabeth Warren?
All this makes this book indispensable.
When the Milwaukee 14 (Forest was a member) burned draft files, they sang "Ding dong, the wicked witch is dead" (from the "Wizard of Oz"). A book like this can help melt the shoes off of the military-industrial generals now in charge.
Read less10 people found this helpful.
tony dalton
5.0 out of 5 starsA man wanted by the FBI, described as dangerous, Berrigan had never owned or carried a weapon.
15 June 2018 - Published on Amazon.com
Verified Purchase
This book so impresses from the start that even before completing reading the book, I purchased a copy to be sent to a relative in Canada
I still am completing the book but can justly say that the book is hard to put down and the author has both the capacity and sensitivity to describe and take one into the heart and soul of this amazing man.
A priest who has made such a mark on the social justice and peace arena in the US, for so many years.
Daniel Berrigan and his brother Phil are larger than life, very different yet complementary siblings who changed so much of how we think of what went on in the US in the social justice world and, in particular during the Vietnam war.
I think that there is so much can be said in recommending this book, but I will attempt to sum up what it has done for me,
I now live in a sort of healthy uneasy way, healthy because I now understand so much of the depth of the trauma of a nation seen through the eyes of someone who loved, and put himself on the line for what he believed in.
Uneasy because it is no longer simple for me to look at the complex world so lacking in social justice, Berrigan has opened my eyes forever.
Forest has zoomed in on a life that is almost indescribable, each critical event in the development of Berrigan is so well revealed, you just live it.
Not least because of his rather dysfunctional family origins.
Read less3 people found this helpful.
Lyn Isbell
5.0 out of 5 starsBeautifully-written, with plentiful photographs, witty and detailed, ...
6 December 2017 - Published on Amazon.com
Verified Purchase
Beautifully-written, with plentiful photographs, witty and detailed, this is a page-turner. I am giving copies to family and friends to sustain them in these perilous times. Impossible though it sounds, this book is both challenging and comforting. Well-done, Jim Forest. Profound gratitude.5 people found this helpful.
jimsgirl
5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent presentation of the life of Daniel Berrigan SJ
10 June 2018 - Published on Amazon.com
Verified Purchase
Excellent presentation of the life of Daniel Berrigan SJ, by Jim Forest,, a friend who walked the walk with Berrigan. Lots of wonderful photographs bring you closer to the subject: a good priest and humanitarian who put his life on the line for peace.
A Reader in Washington DC
5.0 out of 5 starsA primer for the next generation of true activists
9 March 2018 - Published on Amazon.com
Verified Purchase
There is an authenticity to this that other books about Berrigan don't share. It sounds fresh, believable, and it is an essential read.
