They Will Inherit the Earth
Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change
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Word Count
44,000 words, Guess
Page Count
176 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-101626982643
- ISBN-139781626982642
- Library of Congress Control Number2017035703
- OCLC Control Number1004981250
- Better World Books9781626982642
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27352927M
Classifications
- LCCBT736.6 .D427 2018
- LCCBT736.6.D427 2018
Description
In the Beatitudes, Jesus says of the meek, "they will inherit the earth." Meekness, John Dear argues, is the biblical word for nonviolence. He makes the connection Jesus makes at the start of his Sermon on the Mount between our practice of nonviolence and our unity with creation: our rejection of nonviolence is inevitably linked to the catastrophic effects of climate change and environmental ruin. Drawing on personal stories of his life in the desert of New Mexico, his time as a chaplain at Yosemite, his friendship with indigenous and environmental leaders, his experience at the Standing Rock protests, as well as his work with the Vatican on a new stance on nonviolence, John Dear invites us to return to nonviolence as a way of life and a living solidarity with Mother Earth and her creatures.
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