"Our world of war, poverty, corporate greed, racism, sexism, nuclear weapons, and catastrophic climate change demonstrates the total failure of violence," says John Dear. The internationally known peace activist and Nobel Prize nominee has always offered a single answer: Jesus. Now he invites us to follow the nonviolent Jesus through the holy season of Lent, beginning with Jesus' journey to Jerusalem and culminating in his resurrection and the new life of peace he brings to all. Deeply per...

"To take care of each other should be our primary concern in this 21st century and Father Dear is steady on this course."--Thich Nhat HanhFor John Dear, a Jesuit priest and respected leader of the ecumenical peace movement, the spiritual life is a combination of contemplation and action, of maintaining inner peace and projecting that peace into the greater world. It is the spirituality exemplified by the lives of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Mother Teresa, the D...

Spiritual leader and peace activist John Dear guides readers on the path to finding peace within, and bringing harmony to a world torn by hatred and violence, through following in the footsteps of Jesus.John Dear’s efforts on behalf of social justice and world peace have won him international admiration and spurred features in the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR’s All Things Considered, USA TODAY, and the National Catholic Reporter

With a foreword by Nobel Winner Mairead Corrigan MaguireThe Beatitudes are “the hope and prayer and vision of Jesus…the blueprint for Christian discipleship, the job description of every Christian,” says John Dear. These stirring meditations are more than mere reflections. They are a call to action, a summons to take up the Beatitudes as a daily handbook for life, written by an internationally known voice for peace and nonviolence. Set against vivid descriptions of peace efforts in...

"Fourth Reader: The Alexandra Readers" is an educational text designed for young readers, focusing on enhancing literacy and comprehension skills. Authored by John Dearness, W. A. McIntyre, and John C. Saul, this reader features a diverse collection of stories, poems, and essays that engage students while promoting critical thinking. The material is carefully curated to align with the developmental stages of fourth-grade learners, ensuring that the content is both age-appropriate and intel...

The Third Reader: The Alexandra Readers is an educational text designed to enhance reading skills among young learners. Authored by John Dearness, W. A. McIntyre, and John C. Saul, this book features a diverse collection of stories, poems, and essays that engage students while promoting literacy. The carefully selected materials aim to develop comprehension and critical thinking, making it an essential resource for teachers and parents alike. Its structured approach encourages children to ...

Experience the powerful legacy of Philip Berrigan’s nonviolent resistance to war and empireFrom the battlefields of World War II to the front lines of peace activism, Philip Berrigan evolved from soldier to scholar, priest to political prisoner. Confronting the fundamental nature of America’s military-focused culture, Berrigan took an unyielding stance against societal evils—war, systemic racism, unchecked materialism, and the baleful presence of nuclear weapons. I...

A multiplicity of factors converging together suggest the long term/post-acute care (LTPAC) provider community (e.g. nursing homes, behavioral health facilities, home health agencies, etc.) will accelerate in importance within the healthcare ecosystem during the next few years. The challenge for many LTPAC providers in this emerging environment will be to advance their clinical health information technologies (health IT) capabilities in order to "play" with other providers in the healthcar...

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books; a second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall of Man; the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's...

In the last decade of Dryden's life, he brought four new works before the theatre-going public: a dramatic opera, a tragedy, a tragicomedy, and a number of appendages to an old comedy by John Fletcher, which was revived partly so that Dryden might have the author's third-night profits. He died that night, but his family received the money. The dramatic opera, King Arthur, benefited from a fine score by Henry Purcell and has remained in the operatic repertoire to this day. Cleo...

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, popularly known as Fanny Hill, is a novel by John Cleland. Written in 1748 while Cleland was in debtor's prison in London, it is considered the first modern "erotic novel" in English, and has become a byword for the battle of censorship of erotica.

POEMS WRITTEN AT SCHOOL AND AT COLLEGE 1624-1632: On the Morning of Christ's Nativity A Paraphrase on Psalm CXIV Psalm CXXXVI On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough At a Vacation Exercise in the College, Part Latin, Part English The Passion On Shakespeare On the University Carrier Another on the Same An Epitaph on the Marchioness of Winchester On His Being Arrived to the Age of Twenty-Three 2. POEMS WRITTEN AT HORTON 1632-1638: L'Allegro Il Penseroso Sonnet to the Nightingale...