A sixth-century abbot who wrote a practical rule for his
community and a twentieth-century thinker who has roamed through
literature, cultural anthropology, and religious thought-what would
these two men have in common to generate a conversation between
them? The religious study "Tools for Peace: The Spiritual Craft of
St. Benedict and Rene Girard" combines their insights on how to
understand and overcome violence in the world today.
In his Rule for monks, St. Benedict explored ways that people
can live in peace with one another and with God. Rene Girard probed
human experience to seek the roots of violence that tears human
communities apart and separates people from God. A dialogue between
this abbot and this modern thinker across fifteen centuries deepens
the insights of both into the causes and cures of human violence
and gives us the tools to apply their ideas in our troubled
world.
For both St. Benedict and Girard, peace is rooted in God. Anyone
who yearns for harmony in the midst of the violence that surrounds
us today can learn much from Tools for Peace, essentially joining
in a conversation between two people who share a desire for the
serenity of God for all times.
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