Podcast Episodes

#37 with John Dear on Gandhi, and why he was one of the greatest Christians who ever lived...

Season 1 Episode 37

On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” I share the life and lessons of Mahatma Gandhi, India’s great independence leader and the world’s foremost teacher of active nonviolence on a…

Published on 8 hours ago

Episode #36 with Stanley Hauerwas, "America's Greatest Theologian": ‘You can kill us, but you cannot determine the meaning of our death.’

Season 1 Episode 36

This week I speak with world renown theologian and ethicist Professor Stanley Hauerwas. In 2001, TIME magazine named him “America’s greatest theologian.” He taught for years at the University of Notr…

Published on 1 week ago

#35 with Rivera Sun, activist and author of "The Dandelion Insurrection": "Find what you want to work on and do that, because we need you in the movement!”

Season 1 Episode 35

This week I'm speaking with author, activist, and movement scholar Rivera Sun. Her novels include The Dandelion Insurrection and the award-winning, Ari Ara Series. She is the editor of “Nonviolence N…

Published on 2 weeks ago

#34 with Ken Butigan, author, organizer, activist and nonviolence trainer: “We have been preparing for this moment; we have more power than we think!”

Season 1 Episode 34

Today I'm speaking with Dr. Ken Butigan, author, organizer, activist, speaker, nonviolence trainer, and leader of Pace e Bene, a Franciscan-based peace organization.

Ken is Professor of Practice in t…

Published on 3 weeks ago

#33 with activist Brad Wolf on "The Ministry of Risk": "Philip Berrigan was the first priest ever to get arrested in the US!"

Season 1 Episode 33

Philip Berrigan’s “Ministry of Risk” with Brad Wolf

By John Dear

On this week’s episode of “The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,” I welcome former prosecutor, professor, community college dean, and now full-t…

Published on 4 weeks ago

#32 Former priest, author, organizer Terry Rynne: "It all started with Gandhi's salt march and I found two heroes in one day".

Season 1 Episode 32

*Note: Terry can sometimes be difficult to understand due to a medical condition: a written transcript of this episode is available for reading.

This week I welcome teacher, organizer and author, Ter…

Published on 1 month ago

#31 John Dear: "This verse contains the most radical, political, revolutionary words in the Bible!"

Season 1 Episode 31

This week I share with you a Bible text that contains what I believe are the most profound spiritual teachings ever taught in human history.

They are the most radical, political, revolutionary words i…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

#30 Michele Dunne, director of the Franciscan Action Network: "I was a diplomat but I was also much part of the empire that approves of force, violence, oppression, and unjust policies "

Season 1 Episode 30

Episode #30 with Michele Dunne, on Monday, July 28th

This week I speak with Michele Dunne, director of the Franciscan Action Network. Michele is a professed Secular Franciscan (there are over 200,000 …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

#29 with Rev. Charles McCarthy: "Action not motivated by love is ineffective in countering evil and death, my enemy is not God's enemy."

Season 1 Episode 29

This week I speak with Rev. Charles McCarthy, one of the world’s great teachers of Christian nonviolence.

Rev. McCarthy is a priest of one of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Byzantine-Melkite, in commu…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

#28 Art Laffin, peaceactivist, author and Catholic Worker: "Miracles have occured during our protest actions".

Season 1 Episode 28

This week I speak with Art Laffin, long-time peace activist, author, and Catholic Worker.

Art was a member of the Covenant Peace community in Connecticut in the 1970s, then joined the Dorothy Day Cath…

Published on 2 months ago