140: John Dear: How To Be Nonviolent (Best of NSE)
How do you live a good life in a world of 30 wars, 13,000 nuclear weapons, 4 billion people in poverty, racism, gun violence, child hunger, and catastrophic climate change?
This is the question posed by activist and Catholic priest John Dear. For years, John has taken part in peace movements alongside folks like Coretta King, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Desmond Tutu.
In this episode, he has some unbelievable stories that answer his question in a provocative way. To live a good life, he argues, you cannot support war, nuclear weapons, or violence. “To do the good,” in his words, “means to stop the killing.”
Show Notes
Similar episodes:
The Architect of the American Civil Rights Movement: James Lawson
The Business of War: Justin Barringer
Martin Sheen: Actor and Activist
Resources mentioned this episode:
German Catholics and Hitler’s Wars by Gordon Zahn
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
The Nonviolent Life by John Dear
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