Living gently in a violent world
Subtitle: the prophetic witness of weakness
By: by Stanley Hauerwas and Jean Vanier ; introduction by John Swinton.
Contributors: Vanier, Jean, 1928-
Series: Resources for reconciliation
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9780830834525
Subjects: Arche (Association); Body, Human -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Disabilities -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Church work with people with disabilities
Description: Theologian Stanley Hauerwas collaborates with Jean Vanier, founder of the worldwide L'Arche communities. They carefully explore the contours of a countercultural community that embodies a different way of being and witnesses to a new order--one marked by radical forms of gentleness, peacemaking and faithfulness. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Living gently in a violent world / by John Swinton; title: The fragility of l'arche and the friendship of God / by Jean Vanier; title: Finding God in strange places : why l'arche needs the church / by Stanley Hauerwas; title: The vision of Jesus : living peaceably in a wounded world / by Jean Vanier; title: The politics of gentleness / by Stanley Hauerwas; title: Conclusion: L'arche as a peace movement / by John Swinton.