Sąd nad narodem. Thomas Merton, Frank Kowalski i Modlitwa o pokój w Kongresie Stanów Zjednoczonych
A Nation Under Judgment: Thomas Merton, Frank Kowalski
and the Congressional Peace Prayer
Author(s): James G. R. CroninContributor(s): Małgorzata Poks (Translator)
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Christian Theology and Religion, History, Social Sciences, Military history, Recent History (1900 till today), Theology and Religion, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Sociology of Religion
Published by: Akademia Techniczno-Humanistyczna w Bielsku-Białej
Keywords: Thomas Merton;Cold War;nuclear weapons;peace;
Summary/Abstract: On April 18, 1968, Frank Kowalski, a Democratic representative from Connecticut, addressed the House of Representatives on the perils of America’s imminent resumption of atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons through “a prayer for the preservation of mankind” written by Thomas Merton. The Congressional peace prayer is established within the corpus of Thomas Merton’s social writings. Yet, surprisingly, the prayer has received little critical commentary. This article seeks to probe deeper into the historical circumstances in which the prayer was written by highlighting coincidental contradictions in United States policy-making that took place on the day the prayer was read in Congress.
Journal: Świat i słowo
- Issue Year: 2/2018
- Issue No: 31
- Page Range: 197-209
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish