The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast:
Claim This Podcastby Fr. John Dear
Podcast Overview
<p>Was Jesus nonviolent?</p><p>đď¸ This Monday weekly podcast features thought-provoking, inspiring conversations with some of the greatest visionary leaders in peace and nonviolence in modern history like <strong>Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, Gandhi), Bryan Stevenson (Just Mercy) , Cornel West (Race Matters), Sister Helen Prejean (Dead Man Walking) , Sr. Joan Chittister, John Fugelsang (Separation of Church and Hate), Rev. Richard Rohr (The Universal Christ), Shane Claiborne (Red Letter Christians),</strong> and many, many more!</p><p><strong>Join Fr. John Dearâpriest, author, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee</strong>âon The Nonviolent Jesus, a weekly 30-minute podcast that dares to reclaim the radical, active nonviolence of Jesus. Rooted in the wisdom of <strong>Gandhi and Dr. King</strong>, Fr. John Dear has been arrested and jailed over 80 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against war and nuclear weapons in the tradition of Gandhi and Dr. King.</p><p>This journey isnât just about changing the worldâitâs about being creative, nonviolent activists and transforming ourselves. Weâll explore how we can:</p><p>đ <strong>Embody nonviolence</strong>âtoward ourselves, others, and our communities </p><p>đ <strong>Heal from the culture of violence</strong>âfrom war and racism, authoritarianism and genocide, to poverty and environmental destruction </p><p>đ <strong>Live with courage, compassion, and universal love</strong> </p><p>Together, weâll uncover how <strong>Jesus' Way of Nonviolence</strong> can reshape our lives and awaken a more just, peaceful world.</p><p><strong>đSubscribe now to The Nonviolent Jesus - change yourself, change the world.</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beatitudescenter.org"><strong>www.beatitudescenter.org</strong></a></p>
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July 13, 2026
#80. John Dear in conversation with author and theologian Fr. Ron Rolheiser: " In my lifetime I've never lived through darker days."
<p>âMy mantra now is, âLet it go, let it go, let it go,ââ theologian Ron Rolheiser tells John Dear</p><p>On todayâs episode I speak with my friend writer and theologian, Fr. Ron Rolheiser, one of the most popular Catholic writers in the world, about his new book, Insane for the Light: A Spirituality for Our Wisdom Years, the conclusion of his trilogy of modern spiritual classics, following The Holy Longing and Sacred Fire.</p><p>Fr. Ron Rolheiser is the author of many other best-sellers including The Restless Heart, The Shattered Lantern, Forgotten Among the Lilies; Prayer; and The Passion and the Cross. Orbis published an anthology, Ron Rolheiser: Essential Spiritual Writings. </p><p>He recently retired from his position as President of the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio, Texas, but continues to write, teach and speak around the country. </p><p>You can learn more about him at his website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.ronrolheiser.com">www.ronrolheiser.com</a> </p><p>Speaking about a spirituality for our wisdom years, Ron invites us to address anger, and other forms of resentment and bitterness, and let it go into softness, forgiveness, and gratitude.</p><p>âI've spent most of the years of my life in leadership and now nobody's asking for my opinion,â he says. âLetting go of control is difficult. As my health deteriorates, I have to learn to let go. My mantra now is, âlet it go, let it go, let it go.â But as I move from full time activity into passivity, Iâm asking myself, âWho am I when I stop doing? When you're God's beloved, how do we actually own that?ââ</p><p>âIn my lifetime I've never lived through darker days,â he adds. âWe're trying to solve violence with violence, but violence begets violence. Politicians are openly saying that compassion is weakness. We've never needed the message of nonviolence more than now. </p><p><strong>"The Sermon on the Mount is the greatest moral code ever written. We have to be the ones who stand up and live in hope! To do that, we have to keep a subversive sense of humor.â </strong></p><p>Listen in to this great wisdom teacher and be inspired! </p><p> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://beatitudescenter.org">beatitudescenter.org</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://ronrolheiser.com">ronrolheiser.com</a> </p><p>đť, John</p>
July 6, 2026
#79. John Dear in conversation with scripture scholar and author Wes Howard-Brook: "We're faced with the choice between the religion of empire or the religion of creation."
<p>On todayâs new episode of âThe Nonviolent Jesus Podcast,â I speak with my friend scripture scholar Wes Howard-Brook, author of several great books, including his commentary on the Gospel of John, Becoming Children of God. </p><p>He also has a free YouTube channel âThe Radical Bible,â his study of the Bible as a whole called, Come Out My People!: Godâs Call out of Empire in the Bible and Beyond. </p><p>He also just published a smaller, more accessible version of it called: Creation or Empire: A Choice of Religions in the Bible and Beyond.</p><p><strong>He tells us: "The Bible is not a bunch of rules or a bunch of pull quotes."</strong></p><p>âMost Christians treat the Bible like someone who's been on a one-week tourist trip with a bad tour guide, which is to say, they've gotten a superficial overview and had it interpreted wrongly, and then concluded, âWhy would I want to go there again?â he says. </p><p>âThe heart of my work is trying to re-establish a passion for biblical literacy, because as all indigenous cultures know, as a people, you are the stories that carry you forward.</p><p>âThe Bible is a set of narratives, poems, proverbs, and other texts that were written by our Israelite and Judean ancestors to get their children to grapple with one central question: what kind of people does God intend us to be?</p><p><strong>âThe Bible proposes two choices: the religion of creation and the religion of empire. Jesus enters into that 2,000 year old argument among his people: are we to be a powerful empire in the name of God, centered in Jerusalem, to which all the nations will stream and bow down to us and our God? Or is creation the temple; do we find the Creator in the creation, and every created being is part of that? </strong></p><p><strong>Jesus plainly and explicitly sides with the religion of creation and resists empire.â </strong></p><p>We were so inspired by this Bible scholar to find the Creator in creation and resist empire! </p><p>Find his book<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://orbisbooks.com/products/creation-or-empire-a-choice-of-religions-in-the-bible-and-beyond?srsltid=AfmBOopeLSegTYnjRLDHy_1hopSYuZxKK70sq3Zh8PsNkbgbB7eUfZta"> here</a></p><p>Sign up for more podcasts and interactive zooms here <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://beatitudescenter.org">beatitudescenter.org</a> </p><p>IG @thenonviolentjesus </p><p>Connect with me on Substack @FatherJohnDear </p><p>đť, John </p>
June 29, 2026
#78. John Dear with theologian/author/activist Lisa Sharon Harper: "We were three floors below ground, it was hot and the walls and floor were covered with roaches."
<p>Today I speak with my friend Lisa Sharon Harper. Lisa is a theologian, speaker, author, activist and trainer who has worked in Ferguson and Charlottesville, as well as South Africa, Brazil, Australia, Ireland and across the U.S. </p><p>Her 2022 book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World--And How To Repair It All, was named âBook of the Yearâ by Word and Way. </p><p>Her 2016 book, The Very Good Gospel, was named âBook of the Yearâ by the Englewood Review of Books. </p><p>After her leadership at <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://sojo.net/">Sojourners</a> magazine, she founded <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://freedomroad.us/">Freedom Road</a>, where she is the host of its podcast and column on Substack. The Huffington Post named her one of 50 Women Religious Leaders to Celebrate on International Womenâs Day. (See: ) </p><p>When I asked her about these days of social injustice, white supremacy and permanent warmaking under Trump, she spoke of crying every die. </p><p>âI actually have hope but I'm grieving like the rest of the country,â she said. </p><p>âI cry because of the Church's silence during the Obama era and back to the 70s/80s during the rise of the religious right. People didn't know what was right, just and Jesus's wayâŚEvil is embedded in the Constitution and in the 3/4 compromise. </p><p>I grieve for our inaction in the past. It didn't have to be this way, but in every generation, there is a remnant. There has always been a witness of the actual Jesus way of being in the world."</p><p><strong>"Right now, that witness is alive and well.â</strong></p><p>She told three stories: </p><ol><li>Her time in Ferguson in August, 2014 after Michael Brown was killed by a white policeman; </li><li>Her time in Charlottesville, VA, when she was present in the protest against Trumpâs neo-Nazis who killed Heather Heyer; </li><li>Our experience when we were arrested and in the D.C. Central Cell block jail after protesting at the Supreme Court on the 40th anniversary of the U.S. death penalty. </li></ol><p> She shares about her organization, Freedom Road, which trains people of faith to take public action for justice, as well as her recent best-selling books and why she wrote them. </p><p>âNonviolence is the only way for people who are not on the upside of empire to fight back,â she concludes.</p><p><strong>"Nonviolence is the only way to not be at war with God.â </strong></p><p>Listen in and be inspired by this peacemaker to carry on! </p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://lisasharonharper.com/">Lisa Sharon Harper</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://substack.com/@lisasharonharper">Follow Lisa on Substack</a> </p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.freedomroad.us">www.freedomroad.us</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://beatitudescenter.org">beatitudescenter.org</a></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://substack.com/@fatherjohndear">Follow me on Substack</a></p><p>đť, John </p>
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<p>Was Jesus nonviolent?</p><p>đď¸ This Monday weekly podcast features thought-provoking, inspiring conversations with some of the greatest visionary leaders in peace and nonviolence in modern history like <strong>Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now, Gandhi), Bryan Stevenson (Just Mercy) , Cornel West (Race Matters), Sister Helen Prejean (Dead Man Walking) , Sr. Joan Chittister, John Fugelsang (Separation of Church and Hate), Rev. Richard Rohr (The Universal Christ), Shane Claiborne (Red Letter Christians),</strong> and many, many more!</p><p><strong>Join Fr. John Dearâpriest, author, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee</strong>âon The Nonviolent Jesus, a weekly 30-minute podcast that dares to reclaim the radical, active nonviolence of Jesus. Rooted in the wisdom of <strong>Gandhi and Dr. King</strong>, Fr. John Dear has been arrested and jailed over 80 times in acts of nonviolent civil disobedience against war and nuclear weapons in the tradition of Gandhi and Dr. King.</p><p>This journey isnât just about changing the worldâitâs about being creative, nonviolent activists and transforming ourselves. Weâll explore how we can:</p><p>đ <strong>Embody nonviolence</strong>âtoward ourselves, others, and our communities </p><p>đ <strong>Heal from the culture of violence</strong>âfrom war and racism, authoritarianism and genocide, to poverty and environmental destruction </p><p>đ <strong>Live with courage, compassion, and universal love</strong> </p><p>Together, weâll uncover how <strong>Jesus' Way of Nonviolence</strong> can reshape our lives and awaken a more just, peaceful world.</p><p><strong>đSubscribe now to The Nonviolent Jesus - change yourself, change the world.</strong></p><p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.beatitudescenter.org"><strong>www.beatitudescenter.org</strong></a></p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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