6. Dorothy Day, Anti- triumphalism, and a Personalist Approach to Voluntary Poverty

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-200
Keyword(s):  
Dorothy Day

Towards the Integration of Faith, Love, and Praxis

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-27
Author(s):  
Monica Y. E. Chi
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
The Other ◽  
Intergroup Dialogue ◽  
Christian Spirituality ◽  
Social Work Educators ◽  
Dorothy Day ◽  
Jane Addams ◽  
Faith Based ◽  
Poor Understanding ◽  
Martin Luther King

Non-faith-based social work educators and researchers have a poor understanding of what might motivate Christians in social work and whether Christian motivations have any place in social work. On the other hand, Christians have difficulty articulating actions inspired by their faith in ways that others can comprehend despite feeling misunderstood. The focus of this article is to present the framework of faith-inspired praxis of love and lay the groundwork for intergroup dialogue. The framework draws from the works of Jane Addams, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jean Vanier, and Mary Jo Leddy, five notable leaders in Christian spirituality and public initiatives, to discuss their conceptualization of faith, love, and praxis. Practice and research implications of this framework for social work are discussed.

Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker

1985 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-196
Author(s):  
William Parmenter
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Worker ◽  
Dorothy Day

The Eucharist as a Source of Political Action: Dorothy Day as a living example of Johann Baptist Metz’s “Dangerous Memory”

2021 ◽  
pp. 001452462110570
Author(s):  
Riyako Cecilia Hikota
Keyword(s):  
Political Theology ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Christian Life ◽  
Catholic Worker ◽  
Dorothy Day ◽  
Johann Baptist Metz ◽  
Catholic Worker Movement

Attending Mass and helping the suffering are not two separate things. In Christian life, the former should directly lead to the latter. In order to clarify this deep connection, first I will turn to Johann Baptist Metz, especially the centrality of the concept of anamnesis in his theology and hence how his political theology is deeply linked with or actually grounded in the Eucharist and liturgy, for which anamnesis is an essential concept. Metz points out the centrality of the “dangerous” memory of the crucified Lord for the Christian faith and suggests that when we remember the suffering of Christ we also remember all of the victims of history. Further, this memory of accumulated suffering should prepare us for socially emancipatory action. Thus, through the concept of anamnesis, we can see how participating in Mass should directly lead to political action on behalf of the suffering. As a concrete example of this connection realized, I will look at Dorothy Day in the second half of the paper. The Eucharist was central to her conversion, her spirituality, and her Catholic Worker Movement. In her, we can see a concrete example of the living memory of the suffering constantly nourished by the Eucharist and realized as a socially emancipatory action. Thus, by looking at Day through the lens provided by Metz with a focus on the living memory of suffering, I will stress that the Eucharist, “the source and summit of the Christian life,” is the key to bring theology into action.

Dignity and Just Treatment of Workers

2019 ◽  
pp. 15-46
Author(s):  
Sharon Erickson Nepstad
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Farm Workers ◽  
Historical Trends ◽  
United Farm Workers ◽  
Catholic Worker ◽  
Dorothy Day ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rerum Novarum ◽  
Cesar Chavez ◽  
Catholic Worker Movement

This chapter examines some of the historical trends, events, individuals, and experiences that pushed Pope Leo XIII in 1891 to release Rerum Novarum, the first papal encyclical. It also summarizes the main themes of this encyclical, whose title is translated as “The Condition of Labor.” It further provides an overview of the second papal encyclical, Quadragesimo Anno (“After Forty Years,” also known as “The Reconstruction of the Social Order”), released in 1931 by Pope Pius XI. The chapter concludes with an exploration of how these teachings on labor were interpreted and put into practice by the Catholic Worker movement, led by Dorothy Day, and the United Farm Workers movement, led by César Chávez and Dolores Huerta.

Book Review: Catholics and American Culture: Fulton Sheen, Dorothy Day, and the Notre Dame Football Team

2000 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-164
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Buckley
Keyword(s):  
American Culture ◽  
Dorothy Day ◽  
Football Team

Croesus and Dorothy Day: Moon Gaffney's Irish America

2003 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
James Liddy
Keyword(s):  
Dorothy Day ◽  
Irish America

Book Review: Dorothy Day: A Biography

1983 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 157-158
Author(s):  
Monika K. Hellwig
Keyword(s):  
Dorothy Day
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