Raymond A. Schroth
Autor de Dante to Dead Man Walking: One Reader's Journey Through the Christian Classics
Sobre El Autor
Raymond A. Schroth, S.J. is editor of Conversations, the magazine for American Jesuit colleges and universities. Previously Professor of Humanities at St. Peter's College, he has been affiliated with five Jesuit, colleges and universities; is the author of eight other books, including Fordham: A mostrar más History mid Memoir. Revised Edition (Fordham); and has been an editor and columnist for America. Commonweal, and The National Catholic Reporter. mostrar menos
Obras de Raymond A. Schroth
Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress (2010) 13 copias
Jesuit spirit in a time of change 5 copias
The Loyola personal reading list : a faculty guide to 100 books which have touched their lives 2 copias
The Holy Cross 100 Books 1 copia
The American Jesuits 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1933-11-08
- Género
- male
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 11
- Miembros
- 130
- Popularidad
- #155,342
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 20
- Idiomas
- 1
Reviewed by John Olinger
BOB DRINAN: THE CONTROVERSIAL LIFE OF THE FIRST CATHOLIC PRIEST ELECTED TO CONGRESS
By Raymond A. Schroth, SJ
Published by Fordham University Press, $32.95
In the midst of President Richard Nixon’s first term, the 1970 election sent to Congress a small band of liberals who helped shape the progressive legislation of the next three Congresses: the War Powers Resolution, and the Freedom of Information, Endangered Species, Legal Services and Budget Acts, not to mention the impeachment of Nixon.
Among those new members -- Bella Abzug, Paul Sarbanes, Charles Rangel, Ron Dellums -- one man stood out from the start, the first priest elected to Congress, Jesuit Fr. Robert Drinan.
Raymond Schroth’s biography portrays a man whose own life and concerns followed the trajectory of American life and the American Catholic church in the 20th century. NCR readers are no doubt familiar through his columns with the range and depth of Drinan’s mind and the durable power of his faith. To those who might be less familiar with Drinan, the strength of Schroth’s work is that it portrays Drinan’s public life in the full context of his life as a Jesuit. ...
I"ll contribute my personal review when this comes off my wishlist, and onto the "read of the just dead" list.… (más)