Credo

For half a century, the Rev. William Sloane Coffin has stood as a force for progressive religion in America and in the world. Becoming famous in the 1960's while leading a very public opposition to the Vietnam War as Chaplain at Yale University, he was indicted by the government in the Benjamin Spock conspiracy trial. He marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr., was jailed as a Freedom Rider, and became one of the most forceful Christian voices in the Civil Rights movement. He was the first President of SANE/FREEZE: Campaign for Global Security and lobbied for nuclear disarmament. Later, he served as Senior Minister of the prestigious Riverside Church in New York City, where he inspired thousands and continued to be a powerful voice for conscience and change.

James Carroll is the author of An American Requiem, for which he won the National Book Award, as well as numerous other books, including his most recent Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War