John Dear: Blessed are the Peacemakers

Episode 9 November 06, 2019 01:03:29
John Dear: Blessed are the Peacemakers
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John Dear: Blessed are the Peacemakers

Nov 06 2019 | 01:03:29

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Show Notes

John Dear is an American Catholic priest, Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Christian pacifist, vegetarianism advocate, author and lecturer, and a former member of the Society of Jesus. He has been arrested over 75 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against war, injustice and nuclear weapons as part of his "consistent ethic of nonviolence".

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