They Will Inherit the Earth
Subtitle: Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: Feb 20, 2018
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781626982642
Description: In the Beatitudes, Jesus says of the meek, "they will inherit the earth." Meekness, John Dear argues, is the biblical word for nonviolence. He makes the connection Jesus makes at the start of his Sermon on the Mount between our practice of nonviolence and our unity with creation: our rejection of nonviolence is inevitably linked to the catastrophic effects of climate change and environmental ruin. Drawing on personal stories of his life in the desert of New Mexico, his time as a chaplain at Yosemite, his friendship with indigenous and environmental leaders, his experience at the Standing Rock protests, as well as his work with the Vatican on a new stance on nonviolence, John Dear invites us to return to nonviolence as a way of life and a living solidarity with Mother Earth and her creatures.
Notes: Source title: They Will Inherit the Earth: Peace and Nonviolence in a Time of Climate Change