A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania, Joan Chittister is a best-selling author and well-known international lecturer on topics of justice, peace, human rights, women's issues and contemporary spirituality in the church and in society. She presently serves as the co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner organization of the United Nations, facilitating a worldwide network of women peace builders, especially in the Middle East. Chittister has won 14 CPA awards for her books. Her most recent include Between the Dark and the Daylight (Random House), Two Dogs and a Parrot (Blue Bridge, 2015) and In God’s Holy Light (Franciscan Media, 2015). A biography, Joan Chittister: Her journey from certainty to faith, by NCR’s Tom Roberts, was released in 2015 by Orbis Books. Chittister is the founder and executive director of Benetvision, a resource center for contemporary spirituality in Erie.
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A travel diary ñ part one
Dec 9, 2009
It's hard to tell what's sicker
Nov 20, 2009
A subtler God
Aug 31, 2009
The God who beckons
Aug 28, 2009
A new self-acceptance
Jul 15, 2009
Turning life upside down
Jul 8, 2009
Well, we're in trouble now
Jul 2, 2009
The connections start here
Mar 5, 2009
God, women and stealing
Feb 3, 2009
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