Living gently in a violent world : the prophetic witness of weakness / Stanley Hauerwas & Jean Vanier ; introduction by John Swinton.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Resources for reconciliationPublication details: Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, c2008.Description: 115 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780830834525 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0830834524 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BT 741.3 .H38 2008
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Contents:
Living gently in a violent world / John Swinton -- The fragility of l'Arche and the friendship of God / Jean Vanier -- Finding God in strange places : why l'Arche needs the church / Stanley Hauerwas -- The vision of Jesus : living peaceably in a wounded world / Jean Vanier -- The politics of gentleness / Stanley Hauerwas -- Conclusion: L'Arche as a peace movement / John Swinton.
Summary: Theologian Stanley Hauerwas collaborates with Jean Vanier, founder of the worldwide L'Arche communities. They carefully explore the contours of a countercultural community that embodies a different way of being and witnesses to a new order--one marked by radical forms of gentleness, peacemaking and faithfulness. --from publisher description
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection BT 741.3 .H38 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98646851

Includes bibliographical references (p. [107]-110).

Living gently in a violent world / John Swinton -- The fragility of l'Arche and the friendship of God / Jean Vanier -- Finding God in strange places : why l'Arche needs the church / Stanley Hauerwas -- The vision of Jesus : living peaceably in a wounded world / Jean Vanier -- The politics of gentleness / Stanley Hauerwas -- Conclusion: L'Arche as a peace movement / John Swinton.

Theologian Stanley Hauerwas collaborates with Jean Vanier, founder of the worldwide L'Arche communities. They carefully explore the contours of a countercultural community that embodies a different way of being and witnesses to a new order--one marked by radical forms of gentleness, peacemaking and faithfulness. --from publisher description

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