Peace Be with You Monastic Wisdom for a Terror-Filled World

Name: Peace Be with You Monastic Wisdom for a Terror-Filled World
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ISBN: 9780849947186

ISBN-10: 0849947189

ISBN-13: 9780849947186

Edition: 2011

Authors: David Carlson, Ph.D. Carlson

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"If revenge and retaliation are the best responses that our nation could muster after 9/11, then Jesus did not have to come, live among us, and preach a radical understanding of 'neighbor' that includes the enemy." #xA0; - David Carlson In the wake of the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, as tension between Christians and Muslims rises, author David Carlson seeks guidance in the modern-day deserts of monastic communities across America. #xA0;Are Christianity and Islam destined to confront one other as clashing civilizations? Peace Be with You: Monastic Wisdom for a Terror-Filled World clearly answers "No." #xA0; Peace Be with You is the result of more than thirty interviews conducted with…

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List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.660



Acknowledgments


Author's Note


Prologue: In Search of a "Word of Life"



voices from the desert



"Where Are the Prophets?"



Caught Between Paradise and Wilderness



9/11Should Have Been a Bridge to the World



Here We Have No Lasting City



9/11s Most Taboo Word-Forgiveness



voices from america's heartland



Thomas Merton.- The Man at the Intersection



Merton's Men



The Other President of the United States



Others Are Waiting for Us at the Center



Interlude: Sister Peggy (Cecily)



You Just Keep Turning the Prayer Wheel



Feet of Clay



The Scent of Holiness



overcoming hate



Light and Darkness


EpilogueThe Light Shines in the Darkness


Afterword: The Death of Osama bin Laden and Americaï¿½s Via Dolorosa


Notes


About the Author