Living gently in a violent world

Hauerwas, Stanley, 1940-

Living gently in a violent world the prophetic witness of weakness / [electronic resource] : Stanley Hauerwas & Jean Vanier ; introduction by John Swinton. - Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Books, ©2008. - 1 online resource (115 pages). - Resources for reconciliation . - Resources for reconciliation. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.

9780830878284 0830878289

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