doi:10.7916/d8-c04r-0y94Oral history interview with Philip Berrigan, 1985Berrigan, Philiporal historiesmixed materialPacifists--United StatesCatholic ex-priestsCivil rights--Religious aspectsVietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movementsExcommunicationReligious ethicsLiberation theologyBerrigan, PhilipCatholic Church EducationFamily background, experiences during World War II as artilleryman; education at Holy Cross; decision to join Josephite Order of Roman Catholic Church, ordination to priesthood; involvement with civil rights movement in Washington, D.C., New Orleans and Baltimore; teaching in Catholic schools; non-violent opposition to Vietnam War: destruction of draft documents at Catonsville, MD., serving jail sentences, going underground; marriage and excommunication; peace activism and Plowshares movement; communal life at Jonah House; relationship of religious ethics and politics, liberation theology