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Day, Dorothy
(1897–1980).
US Christian activist on behalf of the poor and underprivileged. In 1933, she founded (with Peter Maurin) the journal and movement, the Catholic Worker. She organized hospitality houses to care for the homeless and hungry, identifying herself with them. Among many books, see
House of Hospitality
(1939),
Loaves and Fishes
(1963), and her autobiography,
The Long Loneliness
(1981).
US Christian activist on behalf of the poor and underprivileged. In 1933, she founded (with Peter Maurin) the journal and movement, the Catholic Worker. She organized hospitality houses to care for the homeless and hungry, identifying herself with them. Among many books, see
House of Hospitality
(1939),
Loaves and Fishes
(1963), and her autobiography,
The Long Loneliness
(1981).
Day
l B
b
(founder of Sikh reform movement)
:
l Bb(founder of Sikh reform movement):
KDay
nand(a) Sarasvat
nand(a) Sarasvat(1824–83).
Mul Shankara, founder of the neo-orthodox Hindu movement,
rya Sam
j
. After a long period as a wandering yogi, he settled in 1860 in Mathura, studying with the
Vedic
scholar, Virajananda. Under his influence, Day
nand rejected the accretions of post-Vedic Hinduism and started a public campaign for a return to Vedic values.
Mul Shankara, founder of the neo-orthodox Hindu movement,
rya Samj. After a long period as a wandering yogi, he settled in 1860 in Mathura, studying with the
Vedic
scholar, Virajananda. Under his influence, Day
nand rejected the accretions of post-Vedic Hinduism and started a public campaign for a return to Vedic values.Other books
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