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Author:   John Dear ,  Ellsberg Robert
Publisher:   Orbis Books (USA)
Imprint:   Orbis Books (USA)
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.544kg
ISBN:  

9781626985339

ISBN 10:   1626985332
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   24 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Book
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"CONTENTS INTRODUCTION xiii Why Gandhi and King? xvi What Is Nonviolence Anyway? xx The Synoptic Narrative of Active Nonviolence xxi A Note about Terms and Language xxiii Further Points to Keep in Mind xxv MATTHEW The Mountaintop Sermon on Nonviolence 1 Journey to the Mountain: Preparing a Way for the Nonviolent Jesus (1:1–4:25) 3 The Lineage of the Nonviolent Jesus (1:1–17) 3 The Epiphany of the Nonviolent Jesus (1:18–2:23) 4 John the Baptist, the Baptism of Repentance, and the Temptations of Violence (3:1–4:11) 8 The Nonviolent Jesus Takes Up John’s Announcement: “The Kingdom of Heaven Is at Hand!” (4:12–17) 12 The Call to the Discipleship of Nonviolence (4:18–25) 13 The Great Mountaintop Sermon on Nonviolence (5:1–7:29) 14 The Beatitudes of Nonviolence (5:3–12) 15 “Those Who Obey and Teach These Commandments Will Be Called the Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven” (5:13–20) 20 “You Have Heard It Said, But I Say to You”: The Six Antitheses of Nonviolence (5:21–48) 23 Be Real, Avoid Hypocrisy: Prayer, Fasting, Almsgiving, Forgiveness (6:1–18) 38 “Seek First God’s Kingdom and God’s Justice and Everything Else Will Be Provided for You” (6:19–34) 40 “Enter through the Narrow Gate” (7:1–14) 42 Jesus Models the Teachings on Nonviolence That He Just Preached in the Sermon on the Mount (8:1–9:38) 47 Journey “To the Other Side” (8:18–9:8) 49 “Go and Learn the Meaning of the Words, ‘I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice’” (9:9–38) 51 “Behold, I Am Sending You like Sheep in the Midst of Wolves” (10:1–33) 54 “It Is Enough for the Disciple to Become like the Teacher” (10:24–33) 58 “Whoever Loses His or Her Life for My Sake Will Find It” (10:34–11:24) 59 “I Am Meek and Humble of Heart” (11:25–12:49) 63 “Whoever Does the Will of the God of Peace Is My Brother or Sister” (12:15–49) 66 “A Sower Went Out to Sow” (13:1–58) 71 “Take Courage, It Is I; Do Not Be Afraid!” (14:1–16:28) 76 “O Woman, Great Is Your Faith” (15:21–16:12) 81 “I Will Give You the Keys to the Kingdom of Heaven” (16:13–28) 84 “This Is My Beloved Son . . . Listen to Him!” (17:1–18:35) 86 “Whoever Humbles Himself or Herself like This Child Is the Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven” (18:1–35) 90 “Come, Follow Me”: The Turn toward Jerusalem (19:1–20:34) 95 “For God, All Things Are Possible” (19:16–34) 96 “You Shall Love the God of Peace with All Your Heart, with All Your Soul, and with All Your Mind, and Love Your Neighbor as Yourself ” (21:1–23:39) 102 “My House Shall Be a House of Prayer, But You Are Making It a Den of Thieves” (21:12–22) 103 “The Kingdom of God Will Be Taken Away from You” (21:23–23:12) 106 “Woe to You” (23:13–39) 113 “Whatever You Did for One of These Least Brothers and Sisters of Mine, You Did for Me” (24:1–25:46) 118 The Arrest and Execution of the Nonviolent Jesus (26:1–27:66) 127 The New Covenant of Total Nonviolence (26:26–32) 130 “My Soul Is Sorrowful Even to Death. Remain Here and Keep Watch with Me” (26:33–46) 131 “Put Your Sword Back into Its Sheath for All Who Take the Sword Will Perish by the Sword” (26:47–56) 132 “From Now on You Will See the Son of Humanity Seated at the Right Hand of Power” (26:57–27:26) 134 “My God, My God, Why Have You Forsaken Me?” (27:27–66) 138 Break Out! The Civil Disobedience Continues: The Illegal Resurrection of the Nonviolent Jesus (28:1–20) 144 MARK The Radical Discipleship of Nonviolent Resistance to Empire 148 The Campaign of Nonviolent Resistance and Civil Disobedience Begins (1:1–3:35) 150 “The Beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ"" (1:1–13) 150 “For This Purpose Have I Come” (1:14–45) 151 “Why Are You Thinking Such Things in Your Hearts?” (2:1–28) 154 “Stretch Out Your Hand!” (3:1–31) 158 “To What Shall I Compare the Kingdom of God?” (4:1–34) 162 “This Is How It Is with the Kingdom of God” (4:26–34) 164 “Let Us Cross to the Other Side” (4:35–8:26) 166 “Do Not Be Afraid. Just Have Faith!” (5:21–6:6a) 168 “His Heart Was Moved with Pity for Them” (6:6b–52) 170 “Hear Me, All of You, and Understand” (6:53–8:10) 173 “He Sighed from the Depth of His Spirit” (8:11–26) 176 “Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me!” (8:27–10:52) 178 “This Is My Beloved Son. Listen to Him” (9:2–32) 180 “Be the Last of All and the Servant of All” (9:33–10:12) 183 “The Kingdom of God Belongs to Such as These” (10:13–16) 186 “Go, Sell What You Have, Give to the Poor, Then Come, Follow Me” (10:17–52) 187 “Entering the Temple Area, He Began to Drive Out Those Selling and Buying” (11:1–13:37) 193 “Have Faith in God. When You Stand to Pray, Forgive” (11:20–26) 198 “Why Are You Testing Me?” (11:27–13:2) 200 “Be Watchful!” Jesus’s Visionary Sermon on Eschatological Nonviolence (13:3–37) 205 The Arrest and Execution of the Nonviolent Jesus: The End of the Beginning of Total Nonviolence (14:1–15:47) 209 The Blood of the New Covenant of Nonviolence (14:12–31) 210 “Watch and Pray” (14:32–42) 212 “Have You Come Out as against a Robber, with Swords and Clubs, to Seize Me?” (14:43–72) 214 “Jesus Gave a Loud Cry and Breathed His Last” (15:1–47) 216 “Go Back to Galilee and Start His Campaign of Nonviolence All Over”: The Never-Ending Story of Gospel Nonviolence (16:1–8) 218 The Grassroots Campaign of Peace, Nonviolence, and Compassion 222 “Guide Our Feet into the Path of Peace” (1:1–3:20; 3:23–38) 226 Jesus’s Teacher of Nonviolence: Mary and the Three Movements of Gospel Nonviolence (1:26–56) 228 “Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth Peace”: The Birth of the Nonviolent Jesus (2:1–40) 235 “Did You Not Know That I Must Be in My Father’s House?” (2:41–52) 238 “A Voice of One Crying Out in the Desert” (3:1–20, 23–38) 238 “You Are My Beloved Son: With You, I Am Well Pleased” (3:21–22; 4:1–13) 241 “Today, This Scripture Passage Is Fulfilled in Your Hearing”: The Nonviolent Revolution Begins (4:14–6:11) 246 “Put Out into Deep Water and Lower Your Nets for a Catch” (4:31–5:11) 251 “I Have Not Come to Call the Righteous to Repentance but Sinners” (5:12–6:11) 255 Blessings and Woes: The Sermon on Peace, Love, and Nonviolence (6:12–49) 258 “I Tell You, Arise!” (7:1–9:50) 272 “The One to Whom Little Is Forgiven Loves Little” (7:36–8:21) 275 “Do Not Weep Any Longer for She Is Not Dead but Sleeping” (8:22–9:17) 278 “The Son of Humanity Must Suffer Greatly and Be Rejected” (9:18–50) 282 Jesus’s Grassroots Campaign of Peace and Nonviolence Begins (9:51–10:42) 286 “Go on Your Way; Behold I Am Sending You like Lambs among Wolves” (10:1–24) 289 “Do This and You Will Live” (10:25–42) 297 “Ask and You Will Receive; Seek and You Will Find; Knock and the Door Will Be Opened” (11:1–12:59) 300 “ Whoever Is Not with Me Is against Me” (11:14–54) 304 “The Hairs of Your Head Have All Been Counted” (12:1–15) 308 “Your Father Is Pleased to Give You the Kingdom” (12:16–48) 311 “Do You Think That I Have Come to Establish Peace on the Earth?” (12:49–59) 314 “What Is the Kingdom of God Like?” (13:1–15:32) 317 “Woman, You Are Set Free” (13:10–17) 320 “Strive to Enter through the Narrow Door” (13:18–35) 321 “Invite the Poor, the Crippled, the Lame, and the Blind” (14:1–35) 323 “We Must Celebrate and Rejoice, Because Your Brother Was Dead and Has Come to Life” (15:1–32) “If They Will Not Listen to Moses and the Prophets, Neither Will They Listen If Someone Rises from the Dead” (16:1–19:27) 331 “Say, ‘We Are Useless Servants; We Have Done What We Were Obliged to Do’” (17:1–19) 336 “Behold, the Kingdom of God Is among You” (17:20–37) 338 “Pray Always without Becoming Weary” (18:1–17) 341 “What Do You Want Me to Do for You?” (18:18–19:27) 345 “If This Day You Only Knew What Makes for Peace”: The Campaign Reaches Jerusalem (19:28–21:36) 351 “My House Shall Be a House of Prayer, but You Have Made It a Den of Thieves” (19:45–48) 354 “What Then Does This Scripture Passage Mean?” (20:1–44) 356 “Stand Erect and Raise Your Heads Because Your Redemption Is at Hand” (20:45–21:36) “Father, Forgive Them, They Know Not What They Do” (21:37–23:56) 365 “I Confer a Kingdom on You” (22:21–34) 366 “It Is Enough!” (In Other Words, “Oh, Forget It!”) (22:35–38) 368 “Pray That You May Not Undergo the Test” (22:39–46) 373 “Stop, No More of This!” No More Violence, No More Killing, No More War! (22:47–53) 374 “The Lord Turned and Looked at Peter” (22:54–62) 376 “From This Time On, the Son of Humanity Will Be Seated at the Right Hand of the Power of God” (22:63–23:25) 378 “If These Things Are Done When the Wood Is Green, What Will Happen When It Is Dry?” (23:26–32) 383 “Father, Forgive Them, They Know Not What They Do” (23:33–38) 384 “Amen, I Say to You, Today You Will Be with Me in Paradise” (23:39–43) 386 ""Father, Into Your Hands I Commend My Spirit” (23:44–56) 387 “You Are Witnesses of These Things” (24:1–53) 389 “What Are You Discussing as You Walk Along? What Things?” (24:13–35) 390 “Peace Be with You!” (24:36–53) 394 Conclusion 396 Recommended Readings 398 Acknowledgments 402 About the Author 405"

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"""John Dear's is a beautiful message of peace!""-Anne Lamott, author, Traveling Mercies and Almost Everything With the Third World War being fought piecemeal as our Holy Father Pope Francis regularly reminds us, and the violence of handguns and assault weapons daily taking the lives of God's children in the U.S., we Christians need to be reminded that the Gospel of Jesus is about peace. . . . Father John Dear's book [assists] us in becoming blessed peacemakers ourselves."" -Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv., Bishop-President, Pax Christi USA ""Prepare to be inspired, as John Dear guides you on a journey into the nonviolent revolution grounded in Jesus and his Way of Love. Along the way, you will encounter anew the steadfast fearlessness of figures like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, and Oscar Romero . . . and find yourself ready to join them in this holy work."" -The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church; author, The Power of Love ""Each time I consult this magnificent commentary for insight into a particular gospel passage, I am drawn further into the nonviolent teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. As John Dear convincingly demonstrates, Jesus was their inspiration. The Gospel of Peace lovingly confronts us all with what it means to follow Jesus in all dimensions of life. It is a master class on Christian discipleship.""-The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC."

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“With the Third World War being fought piecemeal as our Holy Father Pope Francis regularly reminds us, and the violence of handguns and assault weapons daily taking the lives of God's children in the U.S., we Christians need to be reminded that the Gospel of Jesus is about peace. . . . Father John Dear's book [assists] us in becoming blessed peacemakers ourselves.” —Bishop John Stowe, OFM Conv., Bishop-President, Pax Christi USA “Prepare to be inspired, as John Dear guides you on a journey into the nonviolent revolution grounded in Jesus and his Way of Love. Along the way, you will encounter anew the steadfast fearlessness of figures like Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, and Oscar Romero . . . and find yourself ready to join them in this holy work.” —The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church; author, The Power of Love “John Dear’s is a beautiful message of peace!”—Anne Lamott, author, Traveling Mercies and Almost Everything “Each time I consult this magnificent commentary for insight into a particular gospel passage, I am drawn further into the nonviolent teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. As John Dear convincingly demonstrates, Jesus was their inspiration. The Gospel of Peace lovingly confronts us all with what it means to follow Jesus in all dimensions of life. It is a master class on Christian discipleship.”—The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, Bishop, Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC.

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