Gordon Zahn
Gordon Zahn | |
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Born | Gordon Charles Paul Roach August 7, 1918 Peace activist |
Title | professor emeritus University of Massachusetts Amherst |
Gordon Zahn (born Gordon Charles Paul Roach; August 7, 1918, in
Early life
Born
Education and career
In 1946 Zahn and a friend went to
Second Vatican Council
Zahn was important in the debate over warfare in the Second Vatican Council, specifically Schema 13. Through Richard Carbray and archbishop Thomas Roberts, Zahn was introduced to Abbot Christopher Butler.[citation needed] Zahn gave talks and wrote a speech for Butler. Gallagher implies this all led to Schema 13 supporting conscientious objectors and denouncing 'weapons of mass destruction'.[2]
Authored works
Zahn was the author of several books and articles, often focusing on the topics of conscience and war. He wrote Military Chaplains, based on interviews he did with RAF Chaplains who had served in the war. He then wrote German Catholics and Hitler's Wars, in which he argued priests had aided Hitler by telling Germans it was their religious duty to fight.
He later wrote
He was also the co-founder of Pax Christi USA.
In 1968, he signed the "
In 1982 he received the Pax Christi award from St John's.[2][7]
Books
- Zahn, Gordon. German Catholics and Hitler's Wars: A Study in Social Control 1964. ISBN 9780268010171[8]
- Zahn, Gordon. ISBN 0-87243-141-X
- Zahn, Gordon. What is Society? 1964 Hawthorn Books.
- Zahn, Gordon. Another Part of the War: The Camp Simon Story 1979 ISBN 0-87023-259-2
References
- ^ Hovey, Michael W. (2008). "Gordon Zahn, 1918–2007". The Catholic Worker. LXXV (1) (Jan.–Feb): 1, 4.
- ^ a b c d Michael Gallagher (June 14, 2007). "Let us now praise Gordon Zahn" (PDF). catholicpeacefellowship.org. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
- ^ "Gordon Zahn Papers (ZHN 028), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved November 10, 2009. Finding aid, ZHN 028
- ^ Powers, J.F., "In Solitary Witness: The Life and Death of Franz Jagerstatter, by Gordon Zahn", Commentary, July 1, 1965
- ISBN 0-87243-141-X.
- ^ "Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 New York Post
- ^ In 1992, Zahn was honored at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston with the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award for his lifelong commitment to the ideals of non-violence and conscientious objection and for his work with the Second Vatican Council to make the Catholic Church a church of peace. "Pax Christi Award Recipients – Saint John's University Archives – CSB/SJU". csbsju.edu. October 31, 2009. Archived from the original on May 17, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
- ^ "Reviews of German Catholics and Hitler's Wars". Retrieved March 3, 2008.