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Father John Dear is an internationally known voice for peace and nonviolence. A Jesuit priest, pastor, peacemaker, organizer, lecturer, and retreat leader, he is the author/editor of 30 books, including his autobiography, “A Persistent Peace.” In 2008, John was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

From 1998 until December 2000, he served as the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest interfaith peace organization in the United States.

After the September 11th, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, John served as a Red Cross Chaplain, and became one of the coordinators of the chaplain program at the Family Assistance Center. He worked with some 1,500 family members who lost loved ones, as well as hundreds of firefighters and police officers, while at the same time, he spoke out against the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan.

From 2002-2004, he served as pastor of several parishes in northeastern New Mexico. He co-founded Pax Christi New Mexico and works on a nonviolent campaign to disarm Los Alamos. These days, he lectures to tens of thousands of people each year in churches and schools across the country and the world. He also writes a weekly column for the “National Catholic Reporter” at www.ncrcafe.org.

A longtime practitioner and teacher of nonviolence, John has written hundreds of articles and given thousands of talks on nonviolence. John has two masters degrees in theology from the Graduate Theological Union in California.

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John Dear

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Books from John Dear

Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings

A Persistent Peace: One Man's Struggle for a Nonviolent World

Daniel Berrigan: Essential Writings

Jesus the Rebel: Bearer of God's Peace and Justice

They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change

Put Down Your Sword: Answering the Gospel Call to Creative Nonviolence

The Beatitudes of Peace the Beatitudes of Peace

Lazarus, Come Forth!: How Jesus Confronts the Culture of Death and Invites Us into the New Life of Peace

Waging Peace: Global Adventures of a Lifelong Activist

The Nonviolent Life

The Vision of Peace: Faith and Hope in Northern Ireland

Apostle of Peace

Plough Quarterly No. 10: What Makes Humans Sacred?

You Will Be My Witnesses: Saints, Prophets, and Martyrs

The Trouble with Our State

It's a Sin to Build a Nuclear Weapon: The Collected Works on War and Christian Peacemaking of Richard McSorley, S.J.

Radical Prayers: On Peace, Love, and Nonviolence

Seeds of Nonviolence

The Questions of Jesus: Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers

Pursuing the Spiritual Roots of Protest