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Title: The Road to Peace: Writings on Peace and Justice by John Dear, Henri J. M. Nouwen ISBN: 1-57075-192-7 Publisher: Orbis Books Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Summary: Revealing new dimensions of Henri Nouwen
Comment: In 1989, Jesuit activist John Dear was demonstrating in Washington with a group of homeless people when he was arrested. While waiting in jail he discovered that he had a slim volume by Henri Nouwen, recently given to him by a Trappist monk friend, in his coat pocket. Dear began reading it and was hooked. He subsequently wrote to Nouwen and so began a correspondence of faith and friendship that lasted until Nouwen's death in 1996.
In 'The Road to Peace', Dear presents an under-appreciated aspect of Henri Nouwen, the dimension of social responsibility that Dear sees as underpinning all of his writings, and was a significant part of his life. Dear's collection gathers for the first time nearly all of Nouwen's writings on peace, social justice, and disarmament.
We learn enough about Dear in his 25-page introduction to know that he himself is a deeply committed and experienced social activist. (Following an anti-nuclear Ploughshare demonstration, for instance, he spent eight months in a US jail, and a further five months under house arrest.) So when Dear says that social justice is a key dimension of Nouwen's spirituality and that he is an inspiring and challenging writer for social activists, he believe him.
A key part of Dear's introduction is a well-composed account of Nouwen's life, which also reveals the extent to which social concerns were a part of his life as well as his thought. To give one example, following an impromptu visit to Nicaragua, Nouwen undertook a six-week tour of the US denouncing the nation's involvement in the contra-war, which culminated in a bomb threat against the writer.
Nouwen's writings challenge his readers to recognize that solidarity with, and action on behalf of, our wounded world is an essential part of spirituality, while activists are challenged to deepen their inner contemplative life, without which they are vulnerable to despair.
'The Road to Peace' includes a number of previously unpublished texts, most notably a 50-page 'Spirituality of Peacemaking', a! s well as a talk on AIDS, interviews with the writer, his reflections on the legacies of Thomas Merton and Oscar Romero, and writings on his life with handicapped persons at L'Arche.
'The Road to Peace' is a substantial, significant and original addition to the Nouwen corpus that will be widely welcomed. [Book of the Month Selection, John Garratt Catholic Book Club.]
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Title: Jesus the Rebel: Bearer of God's Peace and Justice by John Dear, Daniel Berrigan ISBN: 1580510736 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN) Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: World Religions: A Voyage of Discovery by Jeffrey Brodd, Gregory L. Sobolewski ISBN: 0884897257 Publisher: St Marys Pr Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Living Peace : A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action by John Dear ISBN: 0385498276 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse ISBN: 0553208845 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1981 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Living Justice and Peace: Catholic Social Teaching in Practice by Jerry Windley-Daoust ISBN: 0884897532 Publisher: St Marys Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.30 |
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