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John Dear

John Dear

John Dear is a Jesuit priest and is Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. He has worked with the homeless in Washington, D.C., New York City, Richmond, Virginia, and El Salvador, and at a human rights center in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He taught theology at Fordham University and has edited books by or about Henri Nouwen, Daniel Berrigan, and Nobel Laureate Mairead Corrigan . He lives in New York City.

Books
Living Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and ActionLiving Peace: A Spirituality of Contemplation and Action
A few years before his death in 1999, the great Latin American advocate for the poor, Brazil's Archbishop Dom Helder Camara, was speaking at a crowded church in Berkeley, California. He was asked, 'After facing death squads, would-be assassins
The Questions of Jesus : Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers (Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers)The Questions of Jesus : Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers (Challenging Ourselves to Discover Life's Great Answers)
What are you looking for? The first question Jesus asks does not address our sins, failures, or infidelity. It is not accusatory or hostile. Rather, it is a question rooted in compassion and love, calling upon our deepest desires, the best within us.

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