Born from a four-decades long commitment to prayer, Eucharist, careful study of Scripture, Jesus, Gandhi and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Gospel-based action and writing and speaking…
Fr. John Dear’s new book, his life’s work, “The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence” is now available from Orbis Books.…
Daniel Ellsberg, Prophet of Truth and Disarmament By Rev. John Dear A few months before he died on Friday, June 16th, famed whistle blower and peace activist Daniel Ellsberg sent…
"War Is the Ultimate Failure!"By Rev. John Dear(Published on www.commondreams.org on March 20,2023)On Saturday, March 18, 2023—the 20th anniversary of the U.S. war on Iraq—22 demonstrations against U.S. warmaking were held…
Sr. Mary Lou Kownacki—“Mother of the Spirituality of Nonviolence” By Fr. John Dear (Jan. 2023) The Benedictine Sisters of Erie gave Sr. Mary Lou Kownacki a beautiful send off this…
"The Sacrament of Civil Disobedience" Revised 2022 Edition, with new foreword by Shane Claiborne, Available on amazon, in the U.K. To order, visit: https://labora.press/product/the-sacrament-of-civil-disobedience/
Unveiling Jesus: The Revelation of God’s Reign of Peace Through Power of Creative Nonviolence By Rev. John Dear (This article was featured in the theology journal ONEING, published May, 2022, by Fr.…
“The Trouble with Our State,” Poetry by Daniel Berrigan, Edited by John Dear (available at wipfandstock.com)
(I first met my friend Civil Rights leader Rev. James Lawson in the L.A. Jail in January, 1990 after protesting US military aid to El Salvador. In 1998, he hired…
by Rev. John Dear (Celebrated Doctor and Founder of Partners In Health, which was 20,000 doctors and healthcare workers serving in the poorest countries of the world and has saved…