Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action

by John Dear

Book Overview

"To take care of each other should be our primary concern in this 21st century and Father Dear is steady on this course."
--Thich Nhat Hanh

For John Dear, a Jesuit priest and respected leader of the ecumenical peace movement, the spiritual life is a combination of contemplation and action, of maintaining inner peace and projecting that peace into the greater world. It is the spirituality exemplified by the lives of Gandhi, Martin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385498284
• ISBN13: 9780385498289
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Living Peace

Honest insight into the meaning of the Christian Message of all inclusive love which leads to true peace. Dear's is not a message of "feel good Christianity". He takes gospel of nonviolence seriously and invites all to follow.

Wonderful book

This book should be required reading for all Christians. If enough did, we would have a beautiful world. Violence is eating the soul and heart out of this country. We need to turn it around and make the love of Jesus our guiding principle.