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Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement: Centenary Essays. Edited by William J. Thorn, Phillip M. Runkel, and Susan Mountin. [Marquette Studies in Theology, No. 32.] (Milwaukee: Marquette University Press. 2001. Pp. 615. $30.00 paperback.)
In October, 1997, Catholic Worker scholars and activists met at Marquette University to honor the centenary of Dorothy Day's birth. More than 500 indivictuals attended the international gathering-part conference and part celebration-including first-generation Catholic Workers whose connection to Day and the movement spanned more than sixty years. This thick paperback volume, published in 2001, showcases the research and insights of many conference participants. Capturing a good share of the excitement of the meeting, this long-awaited anthology allows for the expression of wide-ranging viewpoints with little apparent intrusion from the editors.
Those who are expecting a purely academic volume: beware! While a number of the papers measure up to the strictest academic standards of professional journals, other contributions were addressed to a non-academic audience. Many...