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Bob Drinan - The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Bob Drinan - The Controversial Life of the First Catholic Priest Elected to Congress (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
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Raymond Schroth's Bob Drinan: The Controversial Life of the First
Catholic Priest Elected to Congress shows that the contentious
mixture of religion and politics in this country is nothing new.
Four decades ago, Father Robert Drinan, the fiery Jesuit priest
from Massachusetts, not only demonstrated against the Vietnam War,
he ran for Congress as an antiwar candidate and won, going on to
serve for 10 years. Schroth has delved through magazine and
newspaper articles and various archives (including Drinan's
congressional records at Boston College, where he taught and also
served as dean of the law school) and has interviewed dozens of
those who knew Drinan to bring us a life-sized portrait. The result
is a humanistic profile of an intensely private man and a glimpse
into the life of a priest-politician who saw advocacy of human
rights as his call. Drinan defined himself as a "moral architect"
and was quick to act on his convictions, whether from the bully
pulpit of the halls of Congress or from his position in the Church
as a priest; to him they were as intricately woven as the clerical
garb he continued to wear unapologetically throughout his elected
tenure. Drinan's opposition to the Vietnam War and its extension
into Cambodia, his call for the impeachment of President Richard
Nixon (he served on the House Judiciary Committee, which initiated
the charges), his pro-choice stance on abortion (legally, not
morally), his passion for civil rights, and his devotion to Jewish
people and the well-being of Israel made him one of the most
liberal members of Congress and a force to be reckoned with. But
his loyalty to the Church was never in question, and when Pope John
Paul II demanded that he step down from offi ce, he did so
unquestioningly. Afterward, he continued to champion the ideals he
thought would make the world a better place. He didn't think of it
in terms of left and right; as moral architect, he saw it in terms
of right and wrong. This important book doesn't resolve debate
about issues of church and state, but it does help us understand
how one side can inform the other, if we are listening. It has much
to say that is worth hearing.
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