Easy Essays

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Easy Essays is a collection of brief, poetic prose pieces by Catholic social activist Peter Maurin that present his vision for social justice, personal responsibility, and a radically hospitable Christian society.

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instanceOf Christian literature ⓘ
book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
associatedMovement Catholic Worker Movement ⓘ
associatedPerson Dorothy Day ⓘ
author Peter Maurin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
form brief prose pieces ⓘ
poetic prose ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ
social criticism ⓘ
influenced 20th-century Catholic social activism ⓘ
Catholic Worker houses of hospitality ⓘ
Christian anarchist thought ⓘ
influencedBy Catholic social doctrine ⓘ
Franciscan spirituality ⓘ
personalism ⓘ
intendedAudience lay Catholics ⓘ
readers interested in Christian social thought ⓘ
social activists ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainTheme Catholic social teaching ⓘ
Christian hospitality ⓘ
personal responsibility ⓘ
radical Christian community ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
notableFeature blend of poetry and prose ⓘ
use of repetition and parallelism ⓘ
very short, easily memorized pieces ⓘ
purpose to encourage personal responsibility for the poor ⓘ
to popularize Catholic social teaching ⓘ
to present a vision for a more just Christian society ⓘ
religiousPerspective Catholic social activist viewpoint ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholicism ⓘ
style aphoristic ⓘ
didactic ⓘ
simple language ⓘ
topic agrarianism ⓘ
communal living ⓘ
critique of capitalism ⓘ
critique of statism ⓘ
decentralization ⓘ
hospitality to the poor ⓘ
lay responsibility in the Church ⓘ
voluntary poverty ⓘ
works of mercy ⓘ

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