The Gospel of Peace: A Commentary on Matthew, Mark, and Luke from the Perspective of Nonviolence

Catholic Media Association Award Winner  First Place - Life and Dignity of the Human Person     Winner of The Association of Catholic Publishers Award* *2nd Place - Scripture* “John Dear’s is a beautiful message of peace!”—Anne Lamott, author, Traveling Mercies and Almost Everything “There is an imaginative quality to Dear’s commentary, a prophetic ability to extract Christ’s opposition to violence even from unlikely or less-than-obvious passages. . . . [This] detailed look at how the synoptic Gospels emphasize nonviolence is a sorely needed contribution in a country and a church that blur the stark lines between Christianity and militarism.”--America  "[Dear] is not only an advocate for peace but also an excavator as he uncovers the vein of nonviolence that he sees threaded throughout the Synoptic Gospels."- Vincent M. Smiles, The Bible Today With the Third World War being fought piecemeal as our Holy Father Pope Francis regularly reminds us, and the violence of handguns and assa