April 22, 2018
Father John Dear at St. Andrew's
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Sunday April 22nd 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Come see John Dear at this stop on a national book tour to launch his new title, They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change, releasing February 2018.
In this landmark work, author, activist, and Nobel peace prize nominee Father John Dear connects the way of active nonviolence with solidarity with Creation, and shows how our global epidemic of violence and war could only lead to catastrophic climate change. He cites Jesus’ third Beatitude as the basis for his meditation: “Blessed are the meek,
they will inherit the earth.” Thomas Merton said “meekness” was the biblical word for “nonviolence” (in the Gandhi/King sense), so Dear reflects how Jesus connected nonviolence with oneness with creation, how he practiced nonviolence and lived at one with creation, and how we need to do the same.
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