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The Non-Violent Cross: A Theology of Revolution and Peace " . . . a crucial text to push me into becoming a pacifist. It remains as relevant today as it was when first published in 1966. Douglass . . . was among the first to show us how the most orthodox Christian claims committed the church to the practice of non-violence." — Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University 320 pages — paper
Resistance & Contemplation: The Way of Liberation "I rejoice . . . in this book becoming available once again. At Jonah House . . . we've had numerous copies of it in the years since it was first published. One copy remains - dog-eared, read, reread, studied. It was a book that we reflected on together in community - the backbone, if you will, next to the Scriptures - of our on-going resistance out of community." — Elizabeth McAlister, Jonah House (from the foreword) 196 pages — paper
Lightning East To West: Jesus, Gandhi, and the Nuclear Age "Reading this book is an experience of prayer, because it disarms, heals and draws us deeper into our inner, contemplative sources, the mystical depths of transforming nonviolence." — John Dear (from the Afterword) 112 pages — paper
The Nonviolent Coming of God "Will cause reverberations far beyond the circles of the peace movement. I was instructed, challenged, and profoundly motivated." — Mary Evelyn Jegen, Pax Christi International 254 pages — paper
No Salvation Outside the Poor: Prophetic-Utopian Essays Drawing on the radical hope of Christian faith — the promise of the Kingdom of God and the resurrection of the death — Sobrino presents a bold counter-cultural challenge to a "civilization of wealth" that lives off the blood of the poor. Inspired by the witness of Oscar Romero and Ignacio Ellacuría, and the church’s preferential option for the poor, Sobrino offers these "prophetic-utopian" reflections on faith and the meaning of discipleship in our time. 176 pages — paper
An Ethic for Christians and Other Aliens in a Strange Land One of the finer books to emerge as a product of resistance theology in the early 1970s. Recommended as a perennial resource for authentic biblical morality. 182 pages — paper
I'd Rather Teach Peace For twenty-eight years Colman McCarthy was a syndicated columnist for The Washington Post. In 1982, when he was invited to teach a course on writing he responded, "I'd rather teach peace." What began as an experiment became a full-time career. 140 pages — hardback
Holy Work: Towards a Benedictine Theology of Manual Labor Revised edition of 1951 book carries a 21st century preface by long-time Catholic Worker Brian Terrell, reminding us of the social cost of neglecting to join work and prayer in intimate fashion. Dorothy Day hailed it as "...a deeper theology of manual labor in dealing with man as co-creator with God; taking the raw material God has provided, making things of use and beauty..." 141 pages — paper
Little Seeds of Paradise: Franciscan Reflections for the New Millenium This little book is a gem. Each page contains a single meditation that is a kernel of wisdom and food for prayer. Meditations are taken from the "Little Portion Column" of the Franciscan Worker Newspaper, and published by the Peter Maurin Work Coop, organized with the intention of discovering ways of working toward the goals of community, solidarity, and abundant simplicity for all. A great stocking stuffer. 76 pages — paper, illustrations
Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom After surveying the signs of the times, Nolan outlines the elements of Jesus’ spirituality and shows how these lessons might promote a greater communion with God and with all of God’s creation. 192 pages — paper
Jesus Before Christianity "Nothing about Jesus will be presupposed or assumed . . . My interest is in the man as he was before he became the object of Christian faith." A first-class and far-reaching inquiry into the Jesus of history that will help readers authenticate their faith. 196 pages — paper
The Church Before Christianity What did The Church look like before it became an institution? What did it understand as its calling? This complement to Albert Nolan's classic volume, Jesus Before Christianity, lets us see and weigh some vital insights. 144 pages — paper
The Strength of the Weak: Toward a Christian Feminist Identity One of the best women theologians in the Church offers a compelling brief for a Christian Feminist perspective and how it can aid us all in a better practice of discipleship. 182 pages — paper
Dorothee Soelle: Essential Writings "My life is that of a theological worker who tries to tell something of God's pain and God's joy . . . A conversation, in the full sense of the word, comes into being when people share together their hunger for spirit in leaden, spiritless times. The satiated have no need to talk to each other". — Dorothee Soelle 240 pages — paper
Taking Down Our Harps: Black Catholics in the United States A very fine reader on Black Catholic experience that will open the eyes of those of us who have not yet learned these important stories. 285 pages — paper
Peace Is The Way A terrific anthology of writings on nonviolence gathered from the pages of Fellowship, the magazine of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. A diverse array of sixty essays addressing many dimensions of nonviolence. If we need something substantial to nourish our commitment, here is a great selection of entrees! 295 pages - paper
Jesus the Rebel: Bearer of God's Peace and Justice Reflecting on the life of Jesus, John Dear, a Jesuit priest, peace activist, and executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation ponders his and our call to discipleship in a world filled with war zones, jails, soup kitchens and shelters. 196 pages
From Violence to Wholeness: A Ten-Part Program in the Spirituality and Practice of Active Nonviolence Developed by the Pace e Bene Franciscan Nonviolence Center in Las Vegas, this 10-session program could be taught as a course on nonviolence or used as a small group resource in parishes, discussion groups, or communities. The sessions consist of prayer, readings, discussion and activities aimed at exploring active nonviolence as an effective process for resolving personal and societal conflicts. This program is particularly rich in readings and resource material, and also contains a worthwhile bibliography. Some of the sessions may be too long for one meeting, but they could be divided or pared down by the facilitator. Prayerful, comprehensive, and participatory. 170 pages — paper
Doing Faithjustice: An Introduction to Catholic Social Thought An engaging, well-written resource for studying the Catholic Christian tradition of peace and justice. 256 pages — paper
It's a Sin to Build a Nuclear Weapon: Collected Works on War & Christian Peacemaking Winner of the Pax Christi book award in 1991, this book includes the best of McSorley's writings. His 1976 essay, from which the book is titled, sparked the anti-nuclear movement in the churches; his writing in the 80s continued to add fuel to the fire which continues to this day. The book includes a section on answers to arguments against pacifism. Anyone articulating a pacifist position will find these essays invaluable — full of answers to those thorny questions about self-defense, the lesser of evils, just wars. 348 pages — paper
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