The Nightmare of God

by Daniel Berrigan

Written during the 1970s and early 1980s at the height of Daniel Berrigan's work to stop the Vietnam war and nuclear weapons, The Nightmare of God offers a stunning commentary on the book of Revelation as a textbook of nonviolent resistance to empire. It begins in jail, where Berrigan sits after a 1976 protest at the Pentagon. As he takes us through the book of Revelation, Berrigan suggests that apocalyptic language and imagery are used to name Death...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606084704
• ISBN13: 9781606084700
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.7"