The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left - William O'Rourke

The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left

40th Anniversary Edition
Buch | Hardcover
342 Seiten
2022
University of Notre Dame Press (Verlag)
978-0-268-20626-0 (ISBN)
128,40 inkl. MwSt
The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left tells the story of the 1972 trial of Roman Catholic anti-war clergy during the Vietnam era.
“During the first three months of 1972 a trial took place in the middle district of Pennsylvania: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA versus Eqbal Ahmad, Philip Berrigan, Elizabeth McAlister, Neil McLaughlin, Anthony Scoblick, Mary Cain Scoblick, Joseph Wenderoth. The defendants stood accused of conspiring to raid federal offices, to bomb government property, and to kidnap presidential advisor Henry Kissinger. Six of those seven individuals are, or were, Roman Catholic clergy—priests and nuns. Members of the new ‘Catholic Left.’” —from the introduction


When The Harrisburg 7 and the New Catholic Left was originally published in 1972, it remained on The New York Times Book Review “New and Recommended” list for six weeks and was selected as one of the Notable Books of the Year. Now, forty years later, William O’Rourke’s book eloquently speaks to a new generation of readers interested in American history and the religious anti-war protest movements of the Vietnam era.


O’Rourke brings to life the seven anti-war activists, who were vigorously prosecuted for alleged criminal plots, filling in the drama of the case, the trial, the events, the demonstrations, the panels, and the people. O’Rourke includes a new afterword that presents a sketch of the evolution of protest groups from the 1960s and 1970s, including the history of the New Catholic Left for the past four decades, claiming that “[a]fter the Harrisburg trial, the New Catholic Left became the New Catholic Right.”

William O’Rourke is professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and the founding director of the graduate creative writing program. He is the author of four novels and five works of nonfiction, and the editor of two anthologies. His most recent books include Notre Dame Review: The First Ten Years, coedited with John Matthias (2009), and On Having a Heart Attack: A Medical Memoir (2006), both published by the University of Notre Dame Press. A new book, Confessions of a Guilty Freelancer, is forthcoming.

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Notre Dame IN
Sprache englisch
Maße 140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Christentum
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Journalistik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Wirtschaft
ISBN-10 0-268-20626-0 / 0268206260
ISBN-13 978-0-268-20626-0 / 9780268206260
Zustand Neuware
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