The Long Loneliness
The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · September 1, 2009
This inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, “The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist,” The Long Loneliness is the late Dorothy Day’s compelling autobiographical testament to her life of social activism and her spiritual pilgrimage.
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- Who it’s for
- A memoir where social activism and spiritual pilgrimage meet in one searching life.
- Themes
- Social activism, Conversion to Catholicism, Spiritual pilgrimage
- Genres
- Activist Lives, Catholicism, Religious Lives
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This inspiring and fascinating memoir, subtitled, “The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist,” The Long Loneliness is the late Dorothy Day’s compelling autobiographical testament to her life of social activism and her spiritual pilgrimage. A founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and longtime associate of Peter Maurin, Dorothy Day was eulogized in the New York Times as, “a nonviolent social radical of luminous personality.”
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The Long Loneliness recounts her remarkable journey from the Greenwich Village political and literary scene of the 1920s through her conversion to Catholicism and her lifelong struggle to help bring about “the kind of society where it is easier to be good.”
Faith and Public Life
A memoir where social activism and spiritual pilgrimage meet in one searching life.
Come here for
- The crossings between 1920s Greenwich Village politics and Catholic faith
- A thoughtful account of lifelong social commitment
Expect
- A personal, contemplative voice
- The tension of trying to make goodness easier in society
Where it sits
| Activist Lives | 65% |
|---|---|
| Catholicism | 30% |
| Religious Lives | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Religious Lives
- Women's Lives
- Activist Lives
- 20th-Century America
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- Political Philosophy
- Atheism
- Catholicism
- Christian Living
- Authors
- Dorothy Day
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- September 1, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Social activism · Conversion to Catholicism · Spiritual pilgrimage
- Reading lane
- Religious Lives