Christian Peace and Nonviolence: A Documentary History (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781570759222)

From the Sermon on the Mount to the twenty-first century, this comprehensive reader recounts the Christian message of peace and nonviolence. Through testimony by the confessors and martyrs of the early church, the voices of medieval figures like St. Benedict and St. Francis, as well as Erasmus, Lollards, Anabaptists, and Quakers abolitionists, Christian Peace and Nonviolence presents a coherent story in which the peace message of Jesus is restored to central place. Later sections highlight many of the great prophets of modern times, including Tolstoy, Dorothy Day, A.J. Muste, Thomas Merton, Daniel Berrigan, and Oscar Romero. Their challenge remains timely and urgent. As John Haynes Holmes observed, "If war is right then Christianity is false, a lie."

Christian Peace and Nonviolence is not only intellectually compelling but also inspirational. It is more than a reference work. It is a witness.

Author: Michael G. Long
ISBN-10: 1570759227
ISBN-13: 9781570759222
Publisher: Orbis Books
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2011
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 8.94h x 7.12w x 0.79d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/2011 pg. 4
Library Journal 06/15/2011 pg. 93
Choice 12/01/2011