Nourishing nonviolence: Dorothy Day as exemplar and educator

Blackman, A. (2023) Nourishing nonviolence: Dorothy Day as exemplar and educator. Journal of Catholic Social Thought, 20(2), pp. 305-326. (doi: 10.5840/jcathsoc202320221)

Abstract

In his 2022 World Day of Peace Message, Pope Francis argues that education serves as an essential mechanism in building “lasting peace.” However, though an ethic of nonviolence has been gaining traction within Church teaching, education for nonviolence remains far from mainstream. This paper will argue that education has a vital role to play in the flourishing of a nonviolent Church. In doing so, it will question how an education for nonviolence might be approached, drawing on Dorothy Day as an exemplar of both pedagogy and praxis.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Blackman, Miss Anna
• Authors: Blackman, A.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Educational Leadership & Policy
• Journal Name: Journal of Catholic Social Thought
• Publisher: Villanova University
• ISSN: 1548-0712
• ISSN (Online): 2153-9979
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 Philosophy Documentation Center
• First Published: First published in Journal of Catholic Social Thought 20(2):305-326
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy