A Vow of Nonviolence

A Vow of Nonviolence Recognizing the violence in my own heart, yet trusting in the goodness and mercy of God, I vow to practice the nonviolence of Jesus who taught…

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The Nonviolence of Jesus

The Nonviolence of Jesus (From The God of Peace: Toward a Theology of Nonviolence) With the bad news of the world's violence coming at us from all sides, the Christian…

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The Eucharist and Nonviolence

Remembering, Reconciling, and Sending Us Forth to Make Peace by John Dear Last August 6th, on the feast of the Transfiguration, the fifty-fifth anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of…

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Nonviolence and the United Nations

(for the UN Chronicle Magazine, Number 3, 2000) On November 19th, 1998, I witnessed the UN General Assembly issue one of its greatest challenges since the Declaration on Human Rights…

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The Experiments of Gandhi

Gandhi needs no further introduction. John Dear may. As the first Roman Catholic priest to head the FOR, John brings a cornucopia of gifts that can only energize and extend…

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Nonviolence Not Just War

(From "THE GOD OF PEACE: TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF NONVIOLENCE) Though Jesus commanded his followers to love their enemies and though the early Christians went to their deaths rather than…

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Catholic Social Teaching and Gospel Nonviolence

(From "THE GOD OF PEACE: TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF NONVIOLENCE) Roman Catholic social teaching on justice and peace dates back over one hundred years. In the past thirty years, this…

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