John Dear

John Dear is a priest, activist and author of 40 books including The Beatitudes of Peace and The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence, and is the founder and director of the Beatitudes Center for the Nonviolent Jesus. For information about his books, articles and speaking schedule, go to: www.johndear.org.

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Peace should be taught as a skillset, says global peace educator Paul Chappell

Have we learned the things that make for peace?

'Why should I listen to Trump … and reject the words of Jesus?' asks actor and comedian John Fugelsang

'Get rid of nuclear weapons and end our wars,' says New Mexico Archbishop John Wester

'Gandhi's life and lessons are more relevant than ever,' says John Dear

'Nonviolence isn't passive,' world-renowned theologian Stanley Hauerwas says

'We are seeing an unprecedented wave of organizing,' says activist Rivera Sun

'We have been preparing for this moment,' says Ken Butigan

Brad Wolf reflects on Philip Berrigan's 'Ministry of Risk'

'Jesus devoted his life to confronting the structures of oppression and violence,' says Terry Rynne

'Love your enemies': The most radical words in the Bible

'We all need to find kinship,' says Michele Dunne of the Franciscan Action Network

'Jesus is nonviolent because God is nonviolent,' says Fr. Charles McCarthy

'Humanity and weapons cannot coexist,' peace activist Art Laffin says

Cornel West: 'We are witnessing the collapse and implosion of the American empire'

'Progress toward nonviolence' is human destiny, says peace professor Michael Nagler

'The times call for us to be in the streets,' says Frida Berrigan

'Nonviolence begins with ourselves,' says theologian Matthew Fox

'Offer no violent resistance to one who does evil' is most revolutionary sentence in the Gospels

Bishop John Stowe: 'Violence doesn't provide the lasting solution that Jesus does'

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