Put down your sword :answering the Gospel call to creative nonviolence /John Dear.
Description
The Commandments of Gospel nonviolence -- The last words of Jesus -- The Beatitudes of peace -- Our image of God -- The politics of the sacred heart -- Resurrection! -- The common ground of interfaith nonviolence -- Nonviolence in action -- Sackcloth and ashes -- Standing up at the School of the Americas -- To the tombs and back -- The Santa Fe Nine -- Generosity, not domination -- Pilgrimages of nonviolence -- A pilgrimage to Gandhi's India -- Witness for peace in Colombia -- The road isn't easy -- Practitioners of nonviolence -- Dr. King's daring nonviolence -- The moral leadership of Ignacio Ellacur{acute}iia, C{acute}esar Ch{acute}avez, and Philip Berrigan -- Ten Nobel Peace laureates -- Henri Nouwen's spirituality of peace -- Denise Levertov's peace making poetry -- Joan Baez :a voice for peace -- Billo'Donnell : peace making priest -- On retreat with Thichnhat Hanh -- Sophie Scholl and the white rose -- Franziska and Franz J{uml}aagerst{uml}aatter -- The vision of nonviolence -- The earth means the world tome -- The wisdom of Thomas Merton -- A world without war.
x, 191 p. ;23 cm.