Love Is the Measure: A Biography of Dorothy Day

摘要: Love Is the Measure offers a richly illustrated biography of Dorothy Day, founder Catholic Worker movement and one most extraordinary prophetic voices in American church. Jim Forest, who worked with Day 1960s, provides compelling portrait her heroic efforts to live out radical message gospel for our times. A journalist social reformer youth, at home bohemian Greenwich Village 1920s, surprised friends decision 1927 enter Her conversion, prompted by birth wedlock daughter Tamar, left searching some way reconcile faith commitment cause poor justice. The answer followed meeting French peasant-philosopher Peter Maurin, inspired start Worker, both newspaper eventually movement. Enunciating vision rooted gospel, those joined devoted themselves Works Mercy while struggling create new society "where it is easier be good." An ardent pacifist, challenged consciences within church total opposition war voluntary poverty. Forest chronicles frequent arrests peace, stressing throughout unique spiritual that underlies dramatic witness.