A Nation under Judgment: Thomas Merton, Frank Kowalski and the Congressional Peace Prayer
The article focuses on a peace prayer written by American writer Thomas Merton which was read by a Democratic representative Frank Kowalski, in the U.S. House of Representatives during testing of nuclear weapons. Topics discussed include promotion of peace consciousness by 1962 for survivor memory o...
| Published in: | The Merton annual |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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AMS Press
[2015]
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| In: |
The Merton annual
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CG Christianity and Politics KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church NCD Political ethics |
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Merton, Thomas, 1915-1968
B ORIGINAL Child Bomb (Book) B KOWALSKI, Frank B NUCLEAR weapons testing B Prayer |
| Summary: | The article focuses on a peace prayer written by American writer Thomas Merton which was read by a Democratic representative Frank Kowalski, in the U.S. House of Representatives during testing of nuclear weapons. Topics discussed include promotion of peace consciousness by 1962 for survivor memory of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan; protection requirement at moment of national crisis and book written by Merton "Original Child Bomb" on the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. |
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| ISSN: | 0894-4857 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Merton annual
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