Father John Dear is a Jesuit priest, peace activist, pastor and author of 20 books on peace and nonviolence, including
The Questions of Jesus,
Living Peace and
Mohandas Gandhi: Essential Writings. His latest book is
You Will Be My Witnesses (Orbis Books). He lives in the desert of New Mexico, where he coordinates "Pax Christi New Mexico." See:
www.johndear.org and
www.paxchristinewmexico.org. He writes a weekly column for "The National Catholic Reporter" at:
www.ncrcafe.org.