Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty by Kate Hennessy

Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty by Kate Hennessy

The life and work of Dorothy Day--the iconic, celebrated, and controversial Catholic whom Pope Francis called a great American--told with illuminating detail by her granddaughter.

Dorothy Day (1897-1980) was a prominent Catholic, writer, social activist, and co-founder of a movement dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor. Her life has been revealed through her own writings as well as the work of historians, theologians, and academics. What has been missing until now is a more personal account from the point of view of someone who knew her well. Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty is a frank and reflective, heartfelt and humorous portrayal as written by her granddaughter, Kate Hennessy.

Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty challenges ideas of plaster saints and of saintly women. Day is an unusual candidate for sainthood. Before her conversion, she lived what she called a disorderly life, during which she had an abortion and then gave birth to a child out of wedlock. After her conversion, she was both an obedient servant and a rigorous challenger of the Church. She was a prolific writer whose books are still in print and widely read. While tenderly rendered, this account will show her as driven to do good but dogmatic, loving but judgmental, in particular with regards to her only daughter, Tamar. She was also full of humor and laughter, and could light up any room she entered.

An undisputed radical heroine, called a saint for the occupy era by The New Yorker, Day's story unfolds against a backdrop of New York City from the 1910s to the 1980s and world events spanning from World War I to Vietnam. This thoroughly researched and intimate biography provides a valuable and nuanced portrait of an undersung and provocative American woman.

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ISBN 13	9781501133961
ISBN 10	1501133969
Title	Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty
Author	Kate Hennessy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Scribner Book Company
Year published	2017-01-24
Number of pages	384
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