Most Popular Books by Daniel Berrigan

The biblical prophets - those classic disturbers of the false peace - continue to hold religion and history accountable to the word of God. In his latest work, poet and peacemaker Daniel Berrigan explores the Book of Ezekiel, one of the most troubling works of scripture. Combining his own poetic paraphrase of Ezekiel''s strange oracles with insightful reflections on a society in chaos, Berrigan makes the prophet speak to us anew. In Ezekiel''s apocalyptic visions of death and his prophecies of new life, Berrigan finds timely warnings and consolations for our own time. The art of Tom Lewis-Borbely forms a stunning accomplaniment to the text, underscoring the interwoven images of nightmare and dream, destruction and hope.

With prophetic power and conviction, Daniel Berrigan shows how the message of Isaiah can speak directly to us who live at the end of a turbulent period of human history. His book is an exercise in pastoral prophecy for all who seek to apply biblical teaching to contemporary life.

From the Foreword: "Daniel Berrigan is not an academic Scripture scholar searching for an (always elusive) ''original meaning'' of the text. His concern is for the significance of the text to us-in the here and now...[He] has long been known to be a prophet, someone who courageously speaks God''s will for our warring world...For Daniel Berrigan, Genesis speaks to our time and our world..." For seven years, Daniel Berrigan pondered the themes, meanings, contradictions, and implications of the Bible''s most well-known and well-cherished "Book of Beginnings." In light of the escalating violence, military occupations, and global acts of terrorism that have characterized the beginning of our twenty-first century, Genesis: Fair Beginnings, then Foul yields both sorrowful and hopeful reflections as Berrigan walks his readers through the Scripture, searching for stories of ancestry and origins that can "shed a measure of light on dark days." Bringing together lively midrash, biblical exegesis, and stirring social and political critique, Daniel Berrigan marries the keen eye of a biblical scholar with the heart and words of a poet revealing for today''s generations the book of Genesis, in all of its aspects, fair and foul.

Examines how spirituality is not only for ourselves, but often demands action and personal risk in the public arena. Listen in on conversations between two great teachers and activists as they struggle with what it means to put your faith to the test.

"Prayer for the Morning Headlines: On the Sanctity of Life and Death" pairs select Berrigan poems with luminous photographs of cemetery statuary by Adrianna Amari. In this beautiful collection, the evocative images combine to form a meditation on the profound impact of the loss of any life, and bear witness to lasting grief, memory, and love.

Poems on religious themes by a Catholic author.

A Catholic poet writes on religious themes.

Chiefly reprints of articles by Daniel Berrigan and others, which appeared in the American report from October 29 to December 10, 1973, and in Genesis 2 in December 1973. Includes the transcript of a televised debate between Berrigan and Morgenthau on the WNET program "51st State" in January 1974. The last article is an analysis by Allan Solomonow, written specifically for this booklet.