05287nam 2200733Ia 450 991079156780332120230120094748.00-8232-4045-20-8232-3740-00-8232-3306-510.1515/9780823237401(CKB)2560000000053874(PromptCat)40018673709(MH)012643906-0(StDuBDS)EDZ0000093439(OCoLC)763538837(MdBmJHUP)muse15099(DE-B1597)555179(DE-B1597)9780823237401(Au-PeEL)EBL3239543(CaPaEBR)ebr10436186(OCoLC)698590926(OCoLC)1178768833(Au-PeEL)EBL737523(OCoLC)915134804(MiAaPQ)EBC3239543(MiAaPQ)EBC4704263(MiAaPQ)EBC737523(EXLCZ)99256000000005387420100806d2010 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBob Drinan[electronic resource] the controversial life of the first Catholic priest elected to Congress /Raymond A. Schroth1st ed.New York Fordham University Press20101 online resource (xv, 393 p., [16] p. of plates )ill. ;0-8232-3305-7 0-8232-3304-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-365) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. A New Beginning -- 2. Breaking out from a World Frozen in Time -- 3. Moving Up -- 4. ‘‘The World Turned Upside Down’’ -- 5. A ‘‘New Politics’’ Candidate -- 6. The ‘‘Miracle’’ Election -- 7. The Age of Less-Great Expectations -- 8. Close Calls -- 9. ‘‘My conscience tells me . . .’’ -- 10. The Moral Architect -- 11. Around the World -- 12. Latin America, Israel, and the Last Campaign -- 13. ‘‘Hurt, bitter, and confused’’ -- Epilogue: Resurrection -- Notes and Sources -- Bibliography and Interviews -- Index 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.LegislatorsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and government1969-1974United StatesPolitics and government1974-1977United StatesPolitics and government1977-1981christianity.drinan.history.politics.Legislators328.73/092BSchroth Raymond A1479780MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791567803321Bob Drinan3696040UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress