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"Prayer is the basis of all peacemaking precisely because in prayer we come to the realisation that we do not belong to the world in which conflicts and wars take place, but to him who offers us peace. The paradox of peacemaking is indeed that we can speak of peace in this world only when our sense of who we are is not anchored in the world. " |
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From the Jacket
Peacework offers a three-fold path for Christians to embrace Jesus' ethic of peacemaking is more than a matter of carrying placards or opposing war. It must begin with a life of prayer, a movement from "the dwelling place! of fear and hatred and into the house of God.
Next, Nouwen urges us to "resist the powers of death" - not just armies and armaments, but our everyday selfishness and bondage to destructive consumerism. Finally, he shows us how to celebrate life and to uild comunities in which love, forgiveness, and compassion bind us in solidarity with a wounded world.
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NOTE: Parts of this book have appeared previously in The Road to Peace, also edited by John Dear, in 1998)
Contents
Forword by John Dear
Introduction
- Prayer
- Resistance
Saying "No"
Saying "Yes"
Resistance as a prayer - Community
Conclusion
