""If revenge and retaliation are the best responses that our
nation could muster after 9/11, then Jesus did not have to come,
live among us, and preach a radical understanding of 'neighbor'
that includes the enemy.""
In the wake of the ten-year anniversary of 9/11, as tensions
rise between Christians and Muslims, author and religious studies
professor David Carlson seeks guidance in the modern-day deserts of
monastic communities across America. Are Christianity and Islam
destined to confront one other as clashing civilizations? "Peace Be
with You: Monastic Wisdom for a Terror-Filled World" clearly
answers "No."
"Peace Be With You" is the result of more than thirty interviews
with abbots, nuns, monks, and other seekers at monasteries and
retreat centers. Carlson reveals the untapped wisdom of these men
and women in their own words as they speak with hope to a suffering
world. Follow the author on this personal, moving, and at times
difficult journey, and discover a new yet ancient basis for genuine
peace between Christianity and other religions--especially
Islam.
"It is time for Christians to use their power to change the
conversation," Carlson says, "to ponder Jesus' command to treat the
stranger as our neighbor and to treat our neighbor not only as
ourselves, but as God in our midst."
"As Carlson reminds us, there is another thing stirring around
the world. There is a movement of extremists for love and for grace
that have been singing a different song."
--Shane Claiborne
"One of the richest, most insightful, and most instructive books
I have ever read on the business of living the Christian life
fully, biblically, faithfully, and non-dogmatizedly."
--Phyllis Tickle
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