Peace Be with You: Justified Warfare or the Way of Nonviolence

by Eileen Egan

Co-founder of Pax Christi USA, Eileen Egan confronts the tradition of justified warfare with the ancient gospel message of nonviolence.

352 pages, Paperback

Published August 18, 2004

About the author

Journalist and peace activist. Born in Wales in 1911. To USA in 1926. Graduated from Hunter College in New York City. Worked for Catholic Relief Services for many years, helping war refugees and others in many countries. Met Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 1955 and became her biographer. Marched with Dr. Martin Luther King and worked with Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement. Died in New York City.

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent review of Christian thought on nonviolence and war, and a critique of just war thinking as well as a personal account of the growth of a Catholic nonviolence movement in the modern era.