Peacework: Prayer, Reistance, Community - Hardcover

Nouwen, Henri J. M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1570755930 ISBN 13: 9781570755934

Verlag: Orbis Books (USA), 2005

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Book by Nouwen Henri J M

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In these difficult times of fear, anxiety, war, and terrorism, Henri's message of peace is needed more than ever. Though written twenty years ago, his description of 'the house of fear' remains an apt definition for the world today. In words that have taken on a new urgency he calls us to leave the house of fear and journey toward the house of love and peace... --John Dear, S.J.

Reseña del editor

Henri Nouwen wrote this book twenty years ago, as his personal response in a time of heightening Cold War tensions. Its publication now, in a new era of fear and violence, is particularly timely. On the one hand "Peacework" represents a passionate call to all Christians to embrace Jesus' ethic of peacemaking as an "unconditional, unlimited, and uncompromising" demand. But Nouwen goes on to show that, peacemaking is more than a matter of carrying placards or opposing war. It must begin with a life of prayer, a movement from "the dwelling place" of fear and hatred and into the house of God. The next step is to "resist the powers of death"-not just in the form of armies and armaments, but in our everyday selfishness and bondage to destructive consumer values. Finally we are called, to celebrate life and to build communities in which love, forgiveness, and compassion bind us in solidarity with a wounded world.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Orbis Books (USA)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1570755930
• ISBN 13: 9781570755934
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
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