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John Dear's Peace Podcast
by Podcasts by Peace Activist, Author and Lecturer Fr. John Dear
In these podcasts Fr. John Dear reflects on some aspect of nonviolence highlighting lives of prominent people of nonviolence. John Dear has been studying, teaching and writing about nonviolence for forty years, given thousands of lectures and published over 35 books. Share his latest insights on nonviolence as they are specially recorded in an informal conversational style. --Rev. John Dear is an internationally recognized voice and leader for peace and nonviolence. A priest, activist and author, he served for years as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest interfaith peace organization in the U.S. After September 11, 2001, he was a Red Cross coordinator of chaplains at the Family Assistance Center in New York, and counseled thousands of relatives and rescue workers. John has traveled the war zones of the world, been arrested some 80 times for peace, led Nobel Peace prize winners to Iraq, given thousands of lectures on peace across the U.S., and served as a pas
Episodes
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The Life And Teachings Of Daniel Berrigan
John Dear speaks about the life of Daniel Berrigan and all he taught us as a peace activist in celebration of his 100th year birthday.
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The Nonviolent Life Of Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day is recognized as one of the "Greatest of all Americans" by Pope Francis and here John Dear tells you why in a talk covering Day's life, the Catholic Worker, and many, many quotes from Dorothy Day. Day at one time said that one can't be a Christian or a Catholic and support war and she...
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The Raising Of Lazarus As Nonviolent Revolution
So, you think you know the story of Lazarus? Guess again! In this podcast John Dear brings us on a journey through biblical times with Jesus, his disciples, the sisters of Lazarus, and the people of Bethany with his interpretation of the Gospel according to John, Chapter 11. Dear likens Jesus to...
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75 Years After Hiroshima - Stories Of Resistance
In this presentation John Dear speaks about the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan and the danger humanity faces from the possibility of ever suffering from a nuclear attack. He tells how the movement against nuclear weapons calls for the abolition of nuclear...
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The Nonviolent Life of Franz Jagerstatter
In this podcast John Dear speaks to the journey to Fascism today with the true life story of Austrian Franz Jagerstatter, a farmer who refused to join the Nazi army in 1943 to fight on the Russian front knowing he would die if he refused. Franz was arrested and beheaded by the Nazis. He was...
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Thomas Merton's Teachings on Nonviolence
John Dear speaks to us on the life and teachings of the monk Thomas Merton. Dear tells us that Merton was one of the first United States priests or monks to publicly denounce war, racism, nuclear weapons, and violence. He quotes Merton as saying, “the God of peace is never glorified by human...
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Walking with the Nonviolent Risen Jesus
(This podcast was recorded in February prior to John leaving on his national book tour, which was cancelled shortly after it began due to the corona virus pandemic. John is sheltering at home on the Central Coast of California and sends his blessing to everyone at this difficult time.) It is more...
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Jesus' Campaign of Nonviolence
(This podcast was recorded in February prior to John leaving on his national book tour, which was cancelled shortly after it began due to the corona virus pandemic. John is sheltering at home on the Central Coast of California and sends his blessing to everyone at this difficult time.) John Dear...
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The Nonviolent Sermon on the Mount
This is not the Sermon on the Mount that you might be used to! John Dear takes us on a new path to understand what Jesus was saying to the world with the Sermon on the Mount. He spoke of loving our enemies, do unto others as you would have done to yourself, and passing through the narrow gate.…
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The Psalms of Peace
Peace activist John Dear speaks on his newest book Praise Be Peace: Psalms of Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of War and Climate Change. Dear recites a variety of Psalms and relates how each pertains to our search for peace in a world possessed by violence and war. In his book John relates many...
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Dr. King's Nonviolence
In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 20, 2020, John Dear speaks of King's journey with civil rights during the 1960s. Dear relates many of the incidents in King's life such as the letter from Birmingham Jail, the night King heard God's voice speak to him, and his many speeches and...
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Mary and the Advent Journey of Peace
John Dear reflects on the journey of Mary the Mother of Jesus as she accepts God's intentions for her. Dear emphasizes how revolutionary her acceptance and her words were at the time of Jesus. He also emphasizes how we can take on our own Advent journey of nonviolence by rejecting war and...
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Beatitudes of Nonviolence
John Dear reflects on a new version of the Sermon on the Mount saying "Arise, and go forth." This view of the Beatitudes encourages us to not be passive but be active in the pursuit of peace and nonviolence.
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"Gandhi at 150"
John Dear speaks about the principles of nonviolence and the life of Mohandas Gandhi on his 150th birthday.
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In these podcasts Fr. John Dear reflects on some aspect of nonviolence highlighting lives of prominent people of nonviolence. John Dear has been studying, teaching and writing about nonviolence for forty years, given thousands of lectures and published over 35 books. Share his latest insights on nonviolence as they are specially recorded in an informal conversational style. --Rev. John Dear is an internationally recognized voice and leader for peace and nonviolence. A priest, activist and author, he served for years as the director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest interfaith peace organization in the U.S. After September 11, 2001, he was a Red Cross coordinator of chaplains at the Family Assistance Center in New York, and counseled thousands of relatives and rescue workers. John has traveled the war zones of the world, been arrested some 80 times for peace, led Nobel Peace prize winners to Iraq, given thousands of lectures on peace across the U.S., and served as a pas
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