 Born: 1941 Died: N/A Church affiliation: Russian Orthodox State of life: Lay person |
Biographical Notes
Jim Forest's religious career has been more varied and fascinating than most. At twelve he was baptised into the Episcopal church in his home parish of Shrewsbury, New Jersey; at 19 whilst in the US Navy he converted to Catholicism and obtained a discharge on the grounds of conscientious objection. He then joined the Catholic Worker Community in New York with Dorothy Day and edited the community's Newspaper. Many years of religious journalism and an increasing commitment to peacework and reconciliation followed.
Between 1969-1970 he was imprisoned for thirteen months for his involvement in burning draft papers as a protest against the Vietnam war.
In 1988 both he and his wife Nancy joined the Russian Orthodox Church and he is currently the editor of the quarterly Orthodox journal Communion and secretary of the Orthodox Peace fellowship. He lives in the Netherlands.
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Bibliography
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- The Wormwood File: E-mail from Hell (2004)
- Confession: Doorway to Forgiveness (2002)
- Resurrection of the Church in Albania (2002)
- The Ladder of the Beatitudes (1999)
- Praying with Icons (1997)
- Love is the Measure: A Biography pf Dorothy Day (1994)
- Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton (1991)
- Religion in the New Russia
- Pilgrim to the Russian Church
- Making Friends of Enemies
In collaboration:
- For the Peace from on High: An Orthodox resourse book on war, peace, and nationalism (Co-edited with Hildo Bos 2006)
Awards and Honours
- No information available.
Links
General Links
- In Communion
Website of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship. - Under the Forest-Flier Tree
Jim and Nancy Forest's own website. - Conciliar Press Blog - Entries by Jim Forest
Articles by Jim Forest
- John Paul II: Assessing his legacy
Article in Commonweal by Jim Forest, 22nd April 2005. - The Living Legacy of Dorothy Day
An article by Jim Forest on the Claretian Publications site. - What I learned about Justice from Dorothy Day
An article by Jim Forest on the Claretian Publications site. - Dorothy Day: Saint and Trouble Maker
An article by Jim Forest written in the light of her potential canonisation.
Contact details
Jim Forest can be contacted via his website, Under the Forest-Flier Tree, at this page.
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