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PublisherWipf & Stock Publishers

ISBN-101666729507

ISBN-139781666729504

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Book TitleTrouble with Our State

Number of Pages144 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

TopicSubjects & Themes / Inspirational & Religious, General, Subjects & Themes / General

GenrePoetry

AuthorDaniel Berrigan

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Reviews"A mind-opening collection of poetry from a Jesuit priest known mainly as an advocate for peace, a fighter for social justice, and a champion for all those on the margins. Berrigan always spoke . . . with a poet's heart. John Dear has done a great service to his friend and mentor, and a great service to all who admired, loved, and were challenged by Dan." --James Martin, SJ, author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything "Berrigan's poems and actions germinate seeds among people longing to follow his path. How did he do it? How did he discern discipleship in a world fraught by militarism, racism, and greed? These poems will help readers learn from Berrigan's compelling journey. For those yearning to abolish wars and build a better world, The Trouble with Our State will be essential reading." --Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator, Ban Killer Drones campaign "Berrigan's voice has never been more needed in America than now. His masterpiece poems--exquisite works of art and urgent jeremiads--will speak to the soul, heart, and mind of everyone looking for words of courage, challenge, and hope." --James Carroll, author of The Truth at the Heart of the Lie "This book is so full of fire that you might need gloves on as you read it. Berrigan was one of the most important figures of the twentieth century and one of my greatest inspirations. . . . Don't just read this book. Let it get inside of you and put a fire in your bones to change the world." --Shane Claiborne, author, activist, cofounder of Red Letter Christians "This treasure trove of poems . . . moves the heart, stirs the soul, and summons us to stand for God's reign of love, justice, and nonviolence and resist all violence, oppression, and state-sanctioned killing. Let us make Berrigan's plea to the world our own: 'We are not allowed to kill.'" --Art Laffin, author of The Risk of the Cross (new edition) "These poems demand a cup of tea and a reflective chair and space to take in their power. The new book has such richness; Berrigan is truly the 'apostle of peace,' and these gems will allow us all to continue the tradition of transformation." --Chris Ponnet, St. Camillus Center/ Pax Christi Southern California

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Synopsis"The trouble with our state," Daniel Berrigan writes in his great poem, "was not civil disobedience, which in any case was hesitant and rare. . . . The trouble with our state--our state of soul, our state of siege, was civil obedience." This poem, like the many others gathered here together by Daniel Berrigan's friend and editor, Rev. John Dear, continues his famous critique of the American war machine and summons readers to carry on his campaign of nonviolence for the abolition of war, violence, and nuclear weapons."In this collection, I've brought together some of his most well-known political poems, poems from prison, poems from resistance, and a few never before published," John Dear writes in his foreword. "I hope they will inspire us to take up where Daniel Berrigan left off--following the nonviolent Jesus by resisting the culture of war, racism, nuclear weapons and environmental destruction and pursuing a new culture of justice, disarmament and environmental sustainability." May we heed his call and carry on the gospel journey of civil disobedience, creative nonviolence, and divine obedience to "seed hope," "flower peace," and trace "a liberated zone of paradise.""In looking over the selections, I'm thinking of poetry and nonviolence," Bill Wylie-Kellermann writes in his introduction. "There is certainly the matter of bringing more poetics to action, for which Berrigan enjoys virtually a charism. This is not just in the recounting, plucking an action from the street and telling it in verse (there are any number of such here), but for casting actions in symbol, metaphor, liturgy, even sacrament. Enact the poem; embody it."He continues, "Poetry also has a freedom about it, akin to what Gandhi called non-attachment to results. Like prayer, or sacrament for that matter, one offers a poem into the world, setting it loose and letting it go. It is. A germinating seed. In that sense, this book is a seed packet of nonviolent resistance. The sower has cast it. Upon Earth. Upon us all.", ""The trouble with our state,"" Daniel Berrigan writes in his great poem, ""was not civil disobedience, which in any case was hesitant and rare. . . . The trouble with our state--our state of soul, our state of siege, was civil obedience."" This poem, like the many others gathered here together by Daniel Berrigan's friend and editor, Rev. John Dear, continues his famous critique of the American war machine and summons readers to carry on his campaign of nonviolence for the abolition of war, violence, and nuclear weapons. ""In this collection, I've brought together some of his most well-known political poems, poems from prison, poems from resistance, and a few never before published,"" John Dear writes in his foreword. ""I hope they will inspire us to take up where Daniel Berrigan left off--following the nonviolent Jesus by resisting the culture of war, racism, nuclear weapons and environmental destruction and pursuing a new culture of justice, disarmament and environmental sustainability."" May we heed his call and carry on the gospel journey of civil disobedience, creative nonviolence, and divine obedience to ""seed hope,"" ""flower peace,"" and trace ""a liberated zone of paradise."" ""In looking over the selections, I'm thinking of poetry and nonviolence,"" Bill Wylie-Kellermann writes in his introduction. ""There is certainly the matter of bringing more poetics to action, for which Berrigan enjoys virtually a charism. This is not just in the recounting, plucking an action from the street and telling it in verse (there are any number of such here), but for casting actions in symbol, metaphor, liturgy, even sacrament. Enact the poem; embody it."" He continues, ""Poetry also has a freedom about it, akin to what Gandhi called non-attachment to results. Like prayer, or sacrament for that matter, one offers a poem into the world, setting it loose and letting it go. It is. A germinating seed. In that sense, this book is a seed packet of nonviolent resistance. The sower has cast it. Upon Earth. Upon us all.""