Daniel Under the Siege of the Divine [Hardcover]

The renowned poet, priest, and activist brings to life his namesake and role model, the biblical prophet Daniel.

Daniel Berrigans powerful, poetic commentary on the biblical book of Daniel brings to life a prophet who has as much to say to our hedonistic, warring world as he did to the people of Old Testament times. Continuing the series he began with Isaiah and Ezekiel, Berrigan fuses social critique, Jewish midrash, and political commentary to bring us a book of stylistic distinction and spiritual depth.

A bold and unorthodox application of the Old Testament to current political and social discourse, Daniel is not simply a book about a bygone prophet, but a powerful charge to all people of conscience. As Berrigan writes, There are principalities of today to be confronted, their idols and thrice-stoked furnaces and caves of lions, their absurd self-serving images and rhetoric. Someone must pink their pride, decode the handwriting on the wall. Who is to stand up, to withstand?Daniel reveals Berrigan as a priestwho has been on the front lines as both an antiwar dissenter and writer for so long that he has become the line. He stands all but alone among contemporary writers trying to make connections between the demands of practicing biblical faith and crafting powerful literature.--Colman McCarthy,The Washington PostBerrigan brings alive the biblical Book of Danielin an astonishing way. We learn of the power of faith when joined to the courage of disobedience. The line between prose and poetry is erased as is the line between the past and the present.--Howard Zinn,authorThe renowned poet, priest, and activistbrings to life his namesake and role model, the biblical prophet Daniel.To read this book is to riskevery comfortable excuse one has to postpone resistance and reform.--John Francis Kavanaugh,author,Following Christ in a Consumer SocietyWho better to read Daniels political pl£.