Voice of the Day: John Dear on Nonviolence | Sojourners

Voice of the Day: John Dear on Nonviolence

Nonviolence confronts systematic injustice with active love, but refuses to retaliate with further violence under any circumstances. In order to halt the vicious cycles of violence, it requires a willing acceptance of suffering and death rath than inflicting suffering or death on anyone else.

- John Dear

excerpt from "Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action."

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