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…

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…

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…

(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…

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…

(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…

(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…

Liberating Nonviolence and Institutionalized Violence: Making Peace with Liberation Theology The theology emerging in recent decades from Latin America and the southern regions of the world stresses God's liberating action…