John Dear, SJ, is a Jesuit priest and a peace activist who has been arrested more than seventy-five times for acts of civil disobedience. He is the author of more than twenty books including his recent autobiography, A Persistent Peace: One Man’s Struggle for a Nonviolent World and Lazarus, Come Forth!: How Jesus Confronts the Culture of Death and Invites Us into the New Life of Peace. In 2008, Archbishop Desmond Tutu nominated John Dear for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is featured in the DVD film The Narrow Path.
John Dear, SJ, is a Jesuit priest and a peace activist who has been arrested more than seventy-five times for acts of civil disobedience. He is the author of more than twenty books including his recent autobiography, A Persistent Peace: One Man’s Struggle for a Nonviolent World and Lazarus, Come Forth!: How Jesus Confronts the Culture of Death and Invites Us into the New Life of Peace. In 2008, Archbishop Desmond Tutu nominated John Dear for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is featured in the DVD film The Narrow Path.
