ByRosalie Riegle
In a new collection of his writings, Philip Berrigan continues to be a mentor and a master of nonviolent civil disobedience. The collection, A Ministry of Risk, should move us all to Christian action, our reviewer writes.
ByCatholicWorker.org
The following excerpt is from the new book A Ministry of Risk: The Collected Writings of Philip Berrigan, a collection of the writings of Philip Berigan compiled and edited by Brad Wolf. Philip Berrigan (1923-2002) was a Catholic priest, author, anti-war and anti-nuclear weapons activist. He and his brother, Daniel Berrigan, were deeply influenced by the Catholic Worker Movement—and influenced the movement in turn. According to the publisher (Fordham University Press), “A Ministry of Risk is the definitive collection of Philip Berrigan’s writings. Authorized by the Berrigan family and arranged chronologically, these writings depict the transformation of one revolutionary soul while also providing a firsthand account of a nation grappling with its martial obsessions.”
