They Will Inherit the Earth

"This is a remarkable testimony summing up a remarkable life: nonviolence is our greatest tool, and here you see it wielded with kindness, firmness, and skill."--Bill McKibben John Dear is an extraordinarily lucid writer on peace and nonviolence. If we are to save this world from destruction, we need to wake up and start building peace and nonviolence." --Arun Gandhi, author, activist, and lecturer on Gandhian nonviolence"In these heartfelt essays, John Dear navigates our most challenging environmental issues with simple decency, purposeful compassion and an unswerving commitment to justice." --Michael Brune, Executive Director, Sierra Club"Invites us to consider ways to incorporate this gentle and environment-renewing mind-set in our own lives." --St. Anthony Messenger “This remarkable book’s message is a well-defined and heartfelt guide to a way of passionate and compassionate living and being in solidarity with one another and Mother Earth. I consider it yet another must-read for ev