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JOHN DEAR is a priest, retreat leader, author, and peace activist. He has served as the executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an interfaith peace organization, and was a Red Cross coordinator of chaplains at the Family Assistance Center in New York City after the September 11, 2001, attacks. He has traveled to the world’s war zones on missions of peace and has been imprisoned repeatedly for civil disobedience in anti-war protests. He lives in northeastern New Mexico.
Foreword | |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Life in the Footsteps of Jesus | |
On the Road with Jesus | p. 7 |
Living in Relationship with Jesus | p. 13 |
The Measure of the Gospel | p. 18 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 33 |
Up the Mountain With Jesus | |
Moses, Elijah, and the Geography of God | p. 37 |
The God of the Mountain, the God of Peace | p. 47 |
The Uphill Journey of Discipleship | p. 62 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 66 |
Meeting the Transfigured Christ | |
Jesus at Prayer | p. 71 |
The Light of Transfiguration | p. 78 |
Talking About the Cross | p. 88 |
Sleeping Through the Transfiguration | p. 99 |
It Is Good for You to Be Here | p. 107 |
This Is My Beloved | p. 120 |
Listen to Him! | p. 131 |
Rise and Do Not Be Afraid | p. 144 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 158 |
Down the Mountain to the Cross | |
Dorothy Day, Pedro Arrupe, and the Anti-Transfiguration | p. 163 |
Down the Mountain with Jesus | p. 174 |
The Healing Touch of Transfiguration | p. 186 |
Heading Toward the Paschal Mystery | p. 194 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 205 |
The Mission of Transfiguration Nonviolence | |
Transfiguration Today | p. 211 |
Fulfilling Our Mission | p. 226 |
Questions for Reflection | p. 231 |
Conclusion | p. 235 |
About the Author | p. 238 |
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