Writing at the height of the Cold War, Merton issued a passionate cry for sanity and a challenge to the idea that unthinkable violence can be squared with the Gospel of Christ. Censors of Merton's Trappist order blocked publication of this work, but forty years later, despite changing circumstances, his prophetic message remains eerily topical. At a time when the "war on terrorism" has replaced…
In a political atmosphere where, as author William Klassen characterizes it, "hope is in short supply... within and outside the church," the twin themes of "love of enemies" and "search for peace" hardly seem compatible. Klassen maintains, however, that the two are not only consistent but also have co-existed from ancient times to the present, due in large part to the Jesus movement. Illuminati…
Fr Haring wants to open the horizon for the broader, underlying questions. No moral theologian or ethicist has, up to now, given systematic attention to a therapeutic approach, presenting a therapeutic spiritually and strategy. This is what well-known Catholic moral theologian tries to do in this book, hoping that others will taje up the theme and develop it. Many theological and pastoral conce…
This gift from one of the greatest twentieth-century Protestant theologians, Paul Tillich, is a collection of hopeful, realistic writings on peace from the years Tillich spent in America. Beginning in 1937, the book documents Tillich's pre-World War II hope of resistance to Hitler and moves to the time before his death in 1965, when Tillich preached frequently on hope. It includes his first pub…
Case studies show the practical and healing work of Christian communities in facing situations of conflict and violence, whether in Guatemala, Northern Ireland, the Philippines, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Southern Sudan, or American inner cities. Original.