John Dear

On this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear takes a deep dive into Luke 10, where Jesus sends out disciples to disarm, heal and dismantle the empire through radical peacemaking.

In the latest episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," Shane Claiborne talks to John Dear about the need to respond to ongoing global violence and environmental destruction.

McLaren explores how Jesus challenged the violent, authoritarian rulers of his day and how we can respond with bold, creative nonviolent action today.

This week on "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear hosts longtime peace activist, Pax Christi leader and Catholic Nonviolence Initiative director Marie Dennis to talk about challenging the outdated just war theory.

In the third conversation with Sr. Joan Chittister for John Dear's "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," Chittister challenges us to build a "Beatitudes Movement" that brings people together in small communities of action, resistance and deep faith.

In this second conversation for John Dear's "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister dives into the next three Beatitudes, showing how they call us to radical compassion, unshakable justice and undivided hearts.

In this episode of John Dear's "The Nonviolence Jesus Podcast," Dear sits down with Sr. Joan Chittister to unpack the Beatitudes as bold, countercultural ways of living that challenge systems of power. 

In this episode of John Dear's "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," Dear outlines 10 essential points about the nonviolence of Jesus from the four Gospels. 

Listen: John Dear's latest podcast episode features the best-selling Franciscan author, teacher and occasional NCR commentator.

"If forgiving your enemy is not weakness, what is it?" Sr. Helen Prejean, a leading voice in the abolition of the death penalty, talks with John Dear on "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast."

Listen: "If we don't take the Gospel personally, then it's impersonal. And if it's impersonal, then so what?" Award-winning actor Martin Sheen talks with John Dear on "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast."

Daniel Ellsberg will be remembered as the father of all whistleblowers, but to fellow peace activist Fr. John Dear, he was a holy prophet, calling all Americans to repent of the mortal sin of war and nuclear preparations.

Commentary: We need to step up our active public nonviolence, organize nonviolent resistance and speak out boldly in favor of a new global culture of nonviolence: the fifth annual Campaign Nonviolence National Week of Action, Sept. 15-24.