Seeking Peace
Notes and Conversations along the Way
Johann Christoph Arnold
Everyone’s seeking peace, but few seem to find it. Why? Arnold says most people are looking in the wrong direction.
For anyone sick of the spiritual soup filling so many bookstore shelves these days, Seeking Peace is sure to satisfy a deep hunger. Arnold offers no easy solutions, but also no unrealistic promises. He spells out what peace demands. “There is a peace greater than self-fulfillment,” he writes. But you won’t find it if you go looking for it. It is waiting for everyone ready to sacrifice the search for individual peace, everyone ready to “die to self.”
Praise for Seeking Peace
Andrea Schafer
A reader
Seeking Peace is the most important book I have ever read besides the Bible. I have given copies to so many friends I can’t count the number I’ve purchased.
Thomas Howard
St. John’s Seminary
Seeking Peace is a gem. The candor, simplicity, and humanity of the whole text, and especially of the anecdotes, should recommend it to an exceedingly wide reading public.
John Michael Talbot
Author, The Lessons of St. Francis
Peace builds on justice and the mercy of forgiveness. It also begins by being peace. These simple truths are manifested by this beautiful and compelling book…This book has something to say to those of all faiths, and further, to believer and non-believer alike.
Bernard Häring
Author, Virtues of an Authentic Life
This book is a thoughtful and attractive vision of a truly dedicated Christian life and a convincing testimony to a truly ecumenical spirit. Readers will be grateful for the depth and insights of this outstanding author.
Philip Berrigan
Plowshares
Seeking Peace has a lucidity and power completely comprehensible to the Christian, or any person of good will. Peace is the central characteristic of the Gospel, and it is too often avoided or ignored.
Elizabeth McAlister
This newest volume from Johann Christoph Arnold is an incisive gospel book on the critical reality of seeking peace. May it help Christians regain their lost heritage of justice and peace.
Mairead Maguire
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Seeking Peace inspires each of us to seek peace within our own hearts. To do this we need to humbly admit our brokenness…find wholeness, happiness, and harmony, which is after all the fulfillment of God’s plan for humanity.
Muhammed Gemea’ah, Imam
The Islamic Cultural Center of New York
Arnold’s newest book is an excellent work and aids in promoting ideas I fully support. Seeking Peace is the very essence of what we are all about.”
Thomas Green
Author, When the Well Runs Dry
Seeking Peace is solidly rooted in the Christian–and even Jewish and Buddhist–tradition. As Arnold reminds us, Jesus’ peace has nothing to do with passivity, nor is it for the spineless or self-absorbed. It demands deeds of love.
Rev. William N. Grosch, M.D.
Albany Medical College Dept. of Psychiatry
Seeking Peace is a delight to read. It is measured and well balanced, and as in Arnold’s previous books, the rich human stories make for compelling reading… I will enthusiastically recommend this book to my family, friends, and colleagues. It is another support for me and my work.
