Great Mystics and Social Justice: Walking on the Two Feet of Love

by Susan Rakoczy

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Christianity is a call to a life of prayer and activism, the author affirms in a convincing and scholarly work that takes its title from Catherine of Siena's revelation that we are to walk on the "two feet" of love of God and neighbor.
The author bases her thesis on the lives and writings of contemplatives, men and women, famous and obscure, from early Christianity to the present, who championed religious, social and political activism from New York to Rome to Soweto-Catherine of Siena, Ignatius of Loyola, Evelyn Underhill, Thomas Merton, Dorothy Day, and four South Africans, Denis Hurley,...Read more
  • ISBN10 0809143070
  • ISBN13 9780809143078
  • Publish Date 1 March 2006
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Paulist Press International,U.S.
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 240
  • Language English