Articles

How To Stop Terrorism

Like many, I was upset about the horrific terrorist attacks on London on July 7th. I spent a few days in London just this past Christmas. I know my way…

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July 1, 2005
Speeches

Thomas Merton and the Wisdom of Nonviolence

San Diego, California Like all of you, Thomas Merton has been one of my teachers, and it's a blessing to reflect on his exemplary life and astonishing witness. I'm 45,…

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June 5, 2005
Articles

A Prayer for Our Persecutors (May, 2005)

“Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you.” (Matthew 5:43) “Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those…

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May 1, 2005
Articles

“Hypocrite Nation”

Last September, I spoke to some 2,000 students during their annual lecture at a Christian college in Pennsylvania. After a short prayer service for peace centered on the Beatitudes, I…

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March 1, 2005
Articles

Oscar Romero, 25 Years Later

“I have often been threatened with death,” Archbishop Oscar Romero told a Guatemalan reporter two weeks before his assassination on March 24, 1980. “If they kill me, I shall arise…

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March 1, 2005
Articles

A Review of ‘Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Leader’

John Dear's Review of the new book, "Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolent Leader," By Richard Deats, published by New City Press (Hyde Park, NY, 2005, paperback, 136 pp, $12.95). I have wanted…

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March 1, 2005
Articles

“Prayer of Nonviolence” (June, 2005)

God of Nonviolence, Thank you for the gift of your love and your peace. Give me the grace to live the life of Gospel nonviolence that I might be a…

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February 4, 2005
Articles

“US Catholic” magazine interviews John Dear

(John Dear was interviewed by the editors of "U.S. Catholic" magazine in Chicago in early November, 2004. This interview will appear in the May 2005 issue of "U.S. Catholic.") *…

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February 2, 2005
Press

“America” magazine interviews John Dear

"America" magazine associate editor George Anderson, S.J., interviewed John Dear in New York city on December 20, 2004, and later in January 2005. This interview is to be published in…

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February 1, 2005