What if the key to a more peaceful world is following the path of the nonviolent Jesus?
Join Fr. John Dear—priest, author, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee—for The Nonviolent Jesus, a weekly 30-minute podcast. Each episode reflects on the radical teachings of Jesus through the lens of active nonviolence, inspired by the traditions of Gandhi and Dr. King.
Featuring compelling conversations with spiritual teachers, authors, and activists like Martin Sheen, Joan Baez, Rev. Richard Rohr, Sister Helen Prejean, Dolores Huerta, Shane Claiborne, and many others, John dives deep into the practice of nonviolence to address critical issues. Together, they explore the practice of nonviolence and its power to end war, racism, poverty, nuclear weapons, and environmental destruction—all while embracing Jesus’ call to universal love, compassion, and peace.
Be inspired to reclaim the radical nonviolence of Jesus and work toward a more just and peaceful world and discover how universal love and compassion can transform our lives and the world.
Subscribe now and join us as we follow The Nonviolent Jesus!
Episode Transcript
Hi, I'm John, Father John Dear, and welcome to the Nonviolent Jesus Podcast, where we'll
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explore the life and teachings of the nonviolent Jesus, His great call to practice active,
creative nonviolence and live out the Beatitudes, the Sermon on the Mount, and the Gospel message
of universal love, universal compassion, and universal peace.
Every week we'll sit down with activists, visionaries, and leaders of peace, justice,
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and nonviolence, great voices like Martin Sheen, Sister Helen Prejean, Richard Rohr,
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Joan Chittister, Joan Baez, and many others, and sometimes I'll give my own reflections.
Together we'll go forward working for a new world without war, poverty, racism, and environmental
destruction and reimagine a new world of justice, peace, and nonviolence, the coming of God's
reign of peace here on earth today.
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So join us in the footsteps of the nonviolent Jesus.
The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast, a project of BeatitudesCenter.org.
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