American Nonviolence Series_ Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Christian Mission in Global Perspective

Christian Mission in Global Perspective (names one of Ten Outstanding Books in Mission Studies by the Overseas Ministry Study Center of Princeton Theological Seminary) and

highlight her distinctive spiritual message

With the addition of John Pauls final encyclical

" or the set of social and political relationships that produced a particular story or statement

is a Maryknoll priest and the former publisher of Maryknoll magazine

American Nonviolence Series_ Catholic Theological Ethics in the World Church Christian Mission in Global PerspectiveMost Americans can recite the names of famous generals and historic battles. Some can also name champions of nonviolence like Martin Luther King Jr., or recall the struggles for peace and justice that run like a thread through U. S. history. But little attention is paid to the intellectual tradition of nonviolence. Ira Chernus surveys the evolution of this powerful idea from the Colonial Era up to today, focusing on representative movements