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Gerard A. Vanderhaar Papers

1957-1998

Origination : Vanderhaar, Gerard A.
Extent : 25 linear feet.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.

Administrative Information

Source

Gerard A. Vanderhaar.

Preferred Citation

Gerard A. Vanderhaar Papers (VDR), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556.

Scope and Content

Papers documenting his participation in Pax Christi USA and in the peace movement in general; files representing courses he taught; research papers and drafts of his writings; correspondence, reports, material distributed at meetings, financial papers, periodicals, photographs, and videos. Also material on the U.S. Bishops' peace pastoral and documentation of his interaction with Bishop Thomas Gumbleton and Bishop Carroll T. Dozier. Also records of Janice Vanderhaar's service on the National Council of Pax Christi USA.

Background

A leader in the peace movement; co-founder of the Mid-South Peace and Justice Center; professor of religion and peace studies at Christian Brothers University in Memphis; author of Christians and Nonviolence in the Nuclear Age (1982), Nonviolence in Christian Tradition (1983), Enemies and How to Love Them (1985), Nonviolence: Theory and Practice (1985), Gerard Vanderhaar on Peronal Nonviolence (1989), The Philippines: Agony and Hope (1989), Active Nonviolence: A Way of Personal Peace (1990), Why Good People Do Bad Things (1994), and Beyond Violence: in the Spirit of the Non-violent Christ (1998). Born in 1931, he died 21 June 2005.

Index

Vanderhaar, Gerard A.
Gumbleton, Thomas J.
Dozier, Carroll T., d. 1985.
Christian Brothers University.
Pax Christi USA.
Mid-South Peace and Justice Center.
Peace
Nonviolence
Social justice
Social ethics
Passive resistance
Enemies and How to Love Them
Active Nonviolence: A Way of Personal Peace
Why Good People Do Bad Things

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