Dorothy Day is a central character in Spiritual Criminals in terms of what some might call ‘spiritual formation’. The index entry for her looks brief (just 12 pages noted), but her shadow looms large over the actors behind the Camden 28 action. Day was in no way a material causal agent, per se. In fact, she originally spoke out against the draft board actions—before coming around to their desired ends. Nevertheless, her causes were shared Catholic Leftists and Radicals. Dorothy Day remains, today, an important figure for Catholic progressives—though she has also been celebrated and appropriated by conservatives for other Read more