Easy Essays

by Peter Maurin

Book by Maurin, Peter

Genres: Philosophy, Catholic, Social Justice, Religion, Christianity, Politics

216 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1977

About the author

Born in Languedoc, France, in 1877. Worked as a peasant. Later lived in Canada. Worked as a tutor. In 1933 he founded the Catholic Worker movement in New York with Dorothy Day. A social activist who started farming communes to relieve unemployment during the Depression. Died in 1949.

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 4 out of 5]

All the way through, I wondered and disagreed and agreed and wondered. It was a good workout.

[Elyse Hayes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful, refreshing little book. Not so much essays as groups of bullet points (sort of like Power Point slides!). He gets right to the point, criticizing our society, and the points he made in 1936 are still valid today. Pithy remarks about governments, politicians, and human foibles. I hope some disaffected millennials will read this, because I think they would find a writer sympathetic to their frustrations with the world as it is. God bless Peter Maurin, and God bless the Catholic Worker movement.

[George Donigian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maurin, co-founder with Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker Movement, wrote multiple essays dealing with matters of justice and faith. His writing style is simple, though the implications of his message are not so simple. While Maurin died in 1949, his concerns feel very contemporary. Eminently quotable.

[Danna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I believe in this all wholeheartedly. I hope it effects my whole heart.

[Morgan Djuna Sorais Harrigan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely fantastic.