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    Outlaw or American Patriot?

    By Francis Kroncke

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    "Five years in a federal penitentiary!" Me? Who had been altar-boy, young monk, and Peacenik? Yeah, me, now classified as "violent felon" for destroying 1-A draft files during Vietnam era. Why did I do it? Young and crazy, sure. Heartfelt follower of the peacemaker, Jesus, yup. Overwhelmed by the deaths of close friends, national hero MLK, even a president and his brother...endless war, early veterans with PTSD asking me, "What are you going to do?" How to stop a war? All that I knew was that violence always fails, and nonviolence always gets you thrown in jail! Hippie Sixties? LSD and Free Sex. Forget that! Souls crushed. Authority betraying its patriotic sons and daughter. It ain't an easy ride but come along with me through this memoir of my trial and the tribulations of the times. Seize the day! Resist!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFrancis Kroncke
    Release dateJan 23, 2013
    ISBN9781301882717
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    Outlaw or American Patriot?
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    Francis Kroncke

    Francis X. Kroncke, federal inmate 8867-147, is a seeker whose has journeyed through the monastic life, the theological academy, federal courtrooms, a federal prison cell, and the byways of corporate America. In 1970, he took his Catholic theology into the American courts as he defended his draft board raiding crime, re: the trials of the “Minnesota 8.” During and after serving time, he explored the dark, Shadow side of America. In his published essays and websites he has focused on the ancient call which is heard most distinctively in the institutions and through the experiences of the dark side of the biblically based Western and American cultures. The article, “An Outlaw’s Theology,” was published in the journal "Cross Currents" (June 2011). A companion piece, “A vision of coupled presence,” in the journal "Theology and Sexuality" (2011) www.outlaw-visions.net;www.earthfolk.net; www.minnesota8.net; www.pwh-mn.org

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