Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Douglass, James Wilson
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Douglass, James Wilson, 1937-
Other form(s) of name
- James Wilson Douglass
- Jim Douglass
- James Douglass
- Douglass, Jim
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1937-
History
Jim Douglass is known for his theological writing and his activism in the area of non-violent resistance to war and especially nuclear arms. He was a friend of Daniel Berrigan and Dorothy Day. He served as a theological advisor on conscientious objection and nuclear war at the Second Vatican Council. He first met Merton while a professor at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky.