Disarmed And Dangerous: The Radical Lives And Times Of Daniel And Philip Berrigan

0813334497 Disarmed and Dangerous : the Radical Life and Times of Daniel and Philip Berrigan, Brothers in Religious Faith and Civil Disobedience

Jesuit Daniel Berrigan and his younger brother Philip (who subsequently left the priesthood) gave Catholic activism a controversial new direction in the 1960s with their militant antiwar protests. Now 75 and 73, the Berrigans continue to speak and act against militarism and violence. This biography addresses criticisms of the brothers as quixotic and intolerant of those who disagree with their tactics, but honors them as an uncompromising moral force. The authors sketch personality differences between Philip, "still political," and the more contemplative Daniel, while focusing primarily on their public life.