ATOMIC PILGRIM by Jim Patrick Thomas - Spotlight

 


                                                                         

Jim Thomas, a member of the Pax Christi USA nuclear disarmament working group, has written a memoir, Atomic Pilgrim, about his experience with the Bethlehem Peace Pilgrimage (1982-1983), a 6,700-mile walk across the US and nine other countries which started in Washington State and ended in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestinian Occupied Territories. The memoir is now available for pre-order from Latah Books.


Use this link to visit the store on the Latah Books website, where you can find the book available in both hardcover and paperback formats.

Jim Thomas in Hiroshima, August 2023

Jim spent 25 years investigating radioactive pollution from the production and testing of nuclear weapons, mostly focused on the Hanford Site in south-central Washington State. Throughout time, Jim advocated for the downwinders, people exposed to harmful radiation releases. He organized a national coalition that forced the federal government to close Hanford’s plutonium operations in 1990, served on several federal advisory committees concerning radiation health effects, and worked for 10 years as a paralegal for the plaintiffs in the Hanford downwinders litigation.

Jim has worked in justice and peace ministries with the Diocese of Spokane, the Archdiocese of Seattle, and the Washington State Catholic Conference. He has a master’s in theology from Gonzaga University; his thesis examined the immorality of nuclear deterrence. He has visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki twice – in 1993 he spoke at an international conference on plutonium processing, and in 2023 he accompanied Archbishops Paul Etienne and John Wester on their Pilgrimage of Peace. 

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