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John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

“Bidder 70,” a New Documentary about Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher

Edward Snowden's revelation last week to The Guardian that the U.S. government keeps phone records of nearly every American is shocking, disturbing-and alas, to be expected. We've become a culture…

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June 18, 2013
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

On Pilgrimage in Utah’s Majestic Canyonlands

"The earth does not belong to us," Chief Seattle once wrote. "We belong to the earth." That wisdom hit me again this week as I looked out over the spectacular,…

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June 11, 2013
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Robert McAfee Brown’s Biblical Theology

Thirty years ago, I attended a memorable lecture at Catholic University in Washington, D.C. by Harvard theologian Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, the priest who co-wrote the U.S. Bishops' pastoral letter…

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May 28, 2013
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

50 Years Later, the Birmingham Pledge of Nonviolence Still Inspires

We remember how high school and elementary school kids marched by the thousands from the 16th Street Baptist church into Kelly Ingram Park and faced down the fire men, German…

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May 21, 2013
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Robert J. Lifton and the Moral Implications of Drones

Last week, Dr. Robert J. Lifton, the esteemed psychiatrist and author of many important books, such as The Nazi Doctors, Hiroshima in America and Destroying the World to Save It,…

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May 14, 2013
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

After Maryland, 32 States Left to Go

Maryland's had the death penalty since 1638, that is, until last Thursday when Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley signed a law abolishing it. This is cause for great rejoicing and gratitude.…

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May 7, 2013
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Walter Sullivan, “The Good Bishop”

In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus teaches that if our righteousness does not surpass that of the religious authorities, we will not enter the reign of God. It's a…

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April 30, 2013
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Being Who We Are—Sons and Daughters of the God of Peace

This past weekend, a group of us gathered in the Poconos near East Stroudsburg, PA for a simple weekend retreat on “Jesus the Peacemaker.” We looked at general themes of…

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April 9, 2013
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Welcoming the Resurrection Gift of Peace

Easter invites us to welcome the Risen Christ's resurrection gift of peace with all our hearts. "My peace I give you; my peace I leave with you," the nonviolent Jesus…

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April 2, 2013
John Dear's Weekly Columns for the National Catholic Reporter

Discipleship to the Civilly Disobedient Jesus

Note: My friend Shane Claiborne, one of the most popular progressive evangelicals in the world, asked me to write about civil disobedience for his website, www.redletterchristians.org, which I highly recommend.…

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March 26, 2013
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