| Title: |
Reminiscences of Philip Berrigan
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP89-A20
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background, experiences during World War II as artilleryman; education at Holy Cross; decision to join Josephite Order of Roman Catholic Church, ordination to priesthood; involvement with civil rights movement in Washington, D.C., New Orleans and Baltimore; teaching in Catholic schools; non-violent opposition to Vietnam War: destruction of draft documents at Catonsville, MD., serving jail sentences, going underground; marriage and excommunication; peace activism and Plowshares movement; communal life at Jonah House; relationship of religious ethics and politics, liberation theology.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 232 leaves, tape: 7 cassettes
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1986. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1985 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Berrigan, Philip, 1923-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1923
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| Speaker occupation: |
Peace activist
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| Age at speaking: |
62
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| Document date: |
1985
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| Interviewer: |
Skotnes, Andor
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| Organizations discussed: |
Catholic Church
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| Historical events discussed: |
Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Catholic Church; Catholic Church--Education; Vietnam Conflict, 1955-1975
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Berrigan, Philip, 1923-; Catholic Church and civil rights; Excommunication; Ex-priests, Catholic; Liberation theology; Pacifists; Religious ethics; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest movements
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020705-16146
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