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Daniel Joseph Berrigan SJ (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author. Berrigan's protests against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine .
This is a bibliography of works by and about Daniel Joseph Berrigan, S.J. (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016), who was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, poet, essayist, and university instructor.
On September 9, 1980, Daniel Berrigan (above), his brother Philip, and six others (the "Plowshares Eight") began the Plowshares Movement. They illegally trespassed onto the General Electric Nuclear Missile facility in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, where they damaged nuclear warhead nose cones and poured blood onto documents and files.
Daniel Berrigan was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison to begin on April 9, 1970. According to Anke Wessels, director of Cornell's Center for Religion, Ethics, and Social Policy, "On the very day he was scheduled to begin his prison term, he left his office keys on a secretary's desk in Anabel Taylor Hall and disappeared."
Philip Francis Berrigan SSJ (October 5, 1923 – December 6, 2002) was an American peace activist and Catholic priest [1] [2] [3] with the Josephites. [4] [5] He engaged in nonviolent, civil disobedience in the cause of peace and nuclear disarmament and was often arrested.
Daniel Berrigan; Frida Berrigan; Philip Berrigan; M. Elizabeth McAlister; P. Plowshares movement This page was last edited on 27 October 2024, at 09:47 (UTC). ...
Daniel Berrigan (1921–2016) Plants. Eremophila longifolia; Pittosporum angustifolium; Places in New South Wales, Australia. Berrigan Shire, local government area
In 1968, Berrigan entered a government office in Catonsville, Maryland, which housing drafts cards and napalmed 378 of them, in protest of the Vietnam War. On October 3, 1968, on the eve of his trial, Berrigan addressed a crowd of over 2,000 in Bailey Hall to explain why he was prepared to face 50 years of imprisonment for his action. [5]
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