A Pilgrim People Becoming a Catholic Peace Church

“A Pilgrim People is a book rich in experience and practical advice organized around the urgency of the Catholic church’s committing itself to non-voilence.”

"General secretaries of Global Christian Communions often discuss the ongoing need for a theological framework for the existence, form, ethics, and structure of a global church. In this book, Gerald W. Schlabach offers an important contribution to that need: a global (catholic) ecclesiology. Based on the church fathers, the councils, theologians, and popes of the Roman Catholic church, Schlabach invites us to respond to the magisterial call by living as pilgrim people—being a transnational and cross-cultural diaspora in constant exile—and becoming a catholic peace church. An excellent project and a fascinating call!"

"From his deep experience in both Mennonite and Catholic circles, Gerald Schlabach explores well the transforming initiative of the Church's evolving `turn to active nonviolence' and offers a challenging reflection on the messy complexity of the just war framework's `traditional righteousness.' This book should be required reading for all of us involved in the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative."

"More than any book on active nonviolence and peace-making, Gerald Schlabach's A Pilgrim People offers a profound and solid theological foundation for this essential Christian mission. It shows that active nonviolence is demanded not only by the process of globalization but also, and more urgently, by Christ's command to his disciples to cross borders of all types to bring about God's reign of justice, peace, and love. It is a must-read for social activists as well as scholars. A timelier book for our Age of Migration can hardly be found."