Vietnam and Armageddon; Peace, War and the Christian Conscience
New York: Sheed & Ward, 1970. First edition. Octavo, original red cloth, original dust jacket. Cloth boards mottled, foxing to rear hinge, scattered faint underlining in pencil, modest soiling to front panel, small chip and faint creasing to back panel. Very good. Item #75
First edition of Father Drinan's analysis of the Church's teaching on war in the context of Vietnam, complete with a photo of the author on the rear panel of the red-and-black dust jacket designed by Paul Bruner. A series of five appendices include a bibliography of books on Christianity and war, excerpts from John XXIII's Pacem in Terris, the statement on war from Vatican II, and statements by the American bishops in 1966 and 1968. Approbations.
Price: $35.00