John Dear speaking on THE GOSPEL OF PEACE: A COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW, MARK, AND LUKE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NONVIOLENCE
March 12, 2024,Tuesday, 7 pm, Student Engagement Center Ballroom, or on zoom. Books available for signing. Register for service credit for peacebuilding.
Author, teacher of nonviolence, and activist, Father John Dear offers here the first ever commentary on the Synoptic Gospels from the perspective of active nonviolence, in the tradition of Gandhi and Dr. King. He walks through every line of the three synoptic Gospels pointing out Jesus’ practice and teachings of nonviolence each step of the way.
Dear’s Jesus is like Gandhi and Dr. King―nonviolent to the core, a disarming, healing presence toward those in need and a revolutionary disrupter of the unjust status quo and a political threat to the ruling authorities who succeed in killing him, only to push Jesus to the heights of nonviolence through his death and resurrection.
This original commentary brings a fresh new approach to the Gospels that will help all those who engage in social ministries, and inspire everyone in this time of permanent warfare, gun violence, racism, poverty, and climate change. Faith calls us to a more humane and compassionate world. Learn more www.johndear.org
Co-sponsored by Pax Christi Texas; Pax Christi San Antonio Incarnate Word Sisters Justice, Peace, Creation Office University of the Incarnate Word Social Justice and Peace Concentration, UIW Religious Studies Department
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Contact: Arthur Dawes, Pax Christi arthurdawes@att.net UIW Contact: Sister Martha Ann Kirk kirk@uiwtx.edu 210-883-5934 John Dear is currently on a book tour to over 50 U.S. cities through the end of May
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