Product Description: Researchers, activists, and educators draw inspiration from the radical thought of Lorenzo Milani to invite readers to explore the intricacies, logistics, ethics and pedagogy of conflict and peace as played out in a number of domains, including religion, education, gender, sexuality, democracy, art, sociology and philosophy...read more

Product Description: The Catholic Tradition of the Law of Nations is a well-edited collection of annotated documents illustrating the Church's doctrine regarding war and peace and its opinion of such topics as the League of Nations, nationality and minority rights...read more

Product Description: Die römisch-katholische Kirche hat sich seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts wiederholt zu sozialen und politischen Fragen geäußert. Im Einklang mit dieser Tradition hat Johannes XXIII. den Gedanken eines gut geordneten menschlichen Zusammenlebens in Pacem in terris (1963) unter der Wahrung der Wahrheit, der Gerechtigkeit, der Liebe, der Freiheit und des Friedens dargelegt...read more

Product Description: “John Dear on Peace is not intended to capture all that John’s writings teach. This is simply an introduction to an authentic gospel approach to peace, a way of active nonviolence that John lives and invites others to enter...read more

Product Description: Few books on the market share not only a vision of Jesus' nonviolence but also ways of actuallyliving out that same vision today. Who better to write such a work than Father John Dear, an internationally known peacemaker?Put Down Your Sword invites us into Jesus' way of nonviolence as presented by the Gospels...read more

Product Description: All of us say we want peace, but only a few are willing to prove it.John Dear, SJ, has been arrested more than seventy-five times. He has spent more than a year of his life in jail. He has been mocked by an armed and angry U.S. National Guard battalion standing outside the doors to his New Mexico parish...read more

The author investigates the extend to which one can ethically apply the principle of «prevention» to conflicts as reflected in the pastoral letter «Gerechter Friede» of the German Episcopal Conference. He critically analyses the text of the second part of the pastoral letter, examines the outstanding controversies on it, reflects on the ethical meaning of «conflict» and «prevention» and finally attempts to apply his conclusions to the African paradigm of Church as Family. The investigation leads the author to the conclusion that conflicts are daily human experiences and may not always necessarily lead to violence. Besides, it is difficult to specify with certainty the point at which a particular conflict turns violent. Preventing them arbitrarily could be contra-productive. However, he agrees with «Gerechter Friede» that violence, especially war, can be better combated through undermining the logic of violence and counter violence rather than by its own instruments.

Product Description: Pope John Paul II is not only the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church, but is Head of State for the Vatican. As such, he is among the most experienced diplomats on the international science today, having given, during the 25-year span of his pontificate, over 2,000 speeches to representatives of the UN, to 172 ambassadors accredited to the Holy See, to non-governmental entities and to inter-governmental organizations...read more

Product Description: The God of peace is never glorified by human violence. Thomas Merton 'The God of Peace' John Dear's classic theology of nonviolence, broke new ground when it was first published as a breakthrough toward a new understanding of scripture, theology, social concerns and churches issues-from the perspective of Gospel nonviolence, in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr, and Dorothy Day...read more

Product Description: This book offers a thorough and accessible analysis of Catholic teaching on war and warmaking from its earliest stages to the present. Moral theologians Thomas Massaro and Thomas A. Shannon begin with a survey of the teachings on war in various religions and denominations and then trace the development of Just War theory and application, review the perspective of several Catholic bishops, comment on the bishops' pastoral letter The Challenge of Peace, address contemporary developments in light of 9-11 and the United States war with Iraq, and conclude with theological reflections...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This 2002 edition of the teaching manual has been revised to reflect the changes made to the 2002 edition of the student textbook. The Ad Hoc Committee to Oversee the Use of the Catechism, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, has found the student textbook Living Justice and Peace, copyright 2002, to be in conformity with the Catechism of the Catholic Church...read more

Product Description: What happens when Catholic social teaching is taken to heart? Sowing Justice, Reaping Peace offers a contemorary analysis of the roles played by groups and individuals in responding to many of the major social conflicts of the second half of the twentieth century...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Explains how Bible verses and Catholic teachings reveal God's vision of justice and calls others to help those suffering from injustice, and suggests ways teenagers can build compassion and peace in society. (view table of contents)

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Product Description: This book is a series of Thomas Merton's most important writings on peace, racial issues and non-violence. on peace, racial issues, and non-violence.Essentail reading.

Product Description: A two volume set collecting sources readings for the tradition of peacemaking in the Roman Catholic church prefaced by the editor's critical explications. The texts include early church writings, canon law, penitential texts, writings from saints, documentation of popular peace movements, monasti...read more