Research Catalog

Title

The road to peace : writings on peace and justice / Henri Nouwen ; edited by John Dear.

Author

Nouwen, Henri J. M.

Publication

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Dear, John, 1959-

Description

xxxvi, 220 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

Throughout his life Henri Nouwen stressed the connection between intimacy with Christ and solidarity with a wounded world. From his early support for the civil rights movement, through his engagement in the cause of peace, to his life with the handicapped members of the L'Arche community, Nouwen was always immersed with the social as well as the spiritual dimensions of the gospel. In gathering together Nouwen's many writings on peace and social justice, editor John Dear amplifies this crucial element of Nouwen's message about the call of Christian discipleship. At the same time, Nouwen calls on activists to be peacemakers in the fullest sense: to root their witness in prayer, joy, and a spirit of love.

Subject

• Christianity and justice
• Peace > Christianity
• Social justice

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. xxxv-xxxvi).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / John Dear -- I. The House of Peace. 1. Peace, a Gift We Receive in Prayer. 2. Resisting the Forces of Death. 3. Celebrating Life. 4. Living in the House of Love. 5. "No" to the Vietnam War. 6. A Cry for Peace -- II. The Journey to Racial Equality. 7. We Shall Overcome: A Pilgrimage to Selma, 1965. 8. Were You There?: The Death of Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968 -- III. The Cry of the Poor in Central and South America. 9. Christ of the Americas. 10. The Message of Oscar Romero. 11. "We Drink from Our Own Wells" -- IV. Life at L'Arche. 12. L'Arche and the Heart of God. 13. L'Arche and the World -- V. Compassion in the Time of AIDS. 14. Our Story, Our Wisdom -- VI. Solidarity with the Human Family.

ISBN

1570751803

LCCN

^^^97044940^

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library