{"podcast":{"title":"The Nonviolent Jesus","slug":"the-nonviolent-jesus-7144839","podcast_index_feed_id":7144839,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-nonviolent-jesus-podcast/feed.xml","website_url":"http://www.beatitudescenter.org","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/the-nonviolent-jesus-podcast/20241221_121241_becd9bffe25dbd0656ac9524d67d2574.jpg","author":"Fr. John Dear","episode_count":83,"summary":"Was Jesus nonviolent? 🎙️ This Monday weekly podcast features thought-provoking, inspiring conversations with some of the greatest visionary leaders in peace and nonviolence in modern history like 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), and many, many more! Join Fr. John Dear—priest, author, activist, and Nobel Peace Prize nominee —on The Nonviolent Jesus , a weekly 30-minute podcast that dares to reclaim the radical, active nonviolence of Jesus. Rooted in the wisdom of Gandhi and Dr. King , 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. This journey isn’t just about changing the world—it’s about being creative, nonviolent activists and transforming ourselves. We’ll explore how we can: 💠 Embody nonviolence —toward ourselves, others, and our communities 💠 Heal from the culture of violence —from war and racism,…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T00:18:54.115861+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nonviolent-jesus-7144839"},"episode":{"title":"#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.\"","slug":"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","published_at":"2026-06-29T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nonviolent-jesus-7144839/78-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","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nonviolent-jesus-7144839","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/the-nonviolent-jesus-podcast/2928957","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/307220/2928957/the-nonviolent-jesus-podcast/2026_06_19_20_20_57_1efed0c8-8162-410e-af1c-ed21f1e20ff1.mp3","summary":"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. Her 2022 book, Fortune: How Race Broke My Family And The World--And How To Repair It All, was named “Book of the Year” by Word and Way. Her 2016 book, The Very Good Gospel, was named “Book of the Year” by the Englewood Review of Books. After her leadership at Sojourners magazine, she founded Freedom Road , 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 Women’s Day. (See: ) When I asked her about these days of social injustice, white supremacy and permanent warmaking under Trump, she spoke of crying every die . “I actually have hope but I'm grieving like the rest of the country ,” she said. “I 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 way…Evil is embedded in the Constitution and in the 3/4 compromise. 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.\" \"Right now, that witness is alive and well.” She told three stories: Her time in Ferguson in August, 2014 after Michael Brown was killed by a white policeman; Her time in Charlottesville, VA, when she was present in the protest against Trump’s neo-Nazis who killed Heather Heyer; 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…","meta_description":"Today I speak with my friend Lisa Sharon Harper. 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