About the Book

Where can we find peace of heart and mind – with ourselves, with others, and with God? Arnold says most people are looking in the wrong direction. In a culture that bombards us with feel-good-about-yourself spirituality, Seeking Peace may not dispense popular wisdom, yet it is sure to satisfy a deep hunger. There is a peace greater than self-fulfillment, a peace greater than nations no longer at war. But it will demand a relentless pursuit kept up only by hope and courage, vision and commitment.

INDIEFAB Book of the Year award

Seeking Peace explores many facets of humankind's ageless search for peace. It plumbs a wealth of spiritual traditions and draws on the wisdom of some exceptional (and some very ordinary) people who have found peace in surprising places.

Independent Publisher Book Award, Foreword Magazine Book of the Year

Softcover, 5.5 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-0874869637

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Praise

'Seeking Peace' addresses important challenges facing our society. I commend the author for seeking to assist all of us with this life-long journey.

Former Senator Bill Bradley

'Seeking Peace' is a book for people who realize that we are fish out of water. Arnold speaks out of a living tradition of radical response to the challenge of one whose very name is Peace. There is living water here for gasping fish.

Brother David Steindl-Rast, Mount Saviour Monastery

A splendid book drawing on the rich experiences of the author and on relevant observations by legendary activists and writers…A valuable contribution to contemporary thought, and a guide for action as the struggle continues.

Jesse L. Jackson, The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition

'Seeking Peace' is a tough, transcendent envisioning of peace: neither fatuous nor sentimental, but arduous and courageous. Arnold writes in the tradition of the Berrigans, of Simone Weil and Thomas Merton. Activists of all stripes, even those who think themselves agnostics, ought not to ignore this book.

Jonathan Kozol, author, Amazing Grace

'Seeking Peace' inspires each of us to seek peace within our own hearts…It gives hope that we can find wholeness, happiness, and harmony, which is after all the fulfillment of God’s plan for humanity.

Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize laureate

An excellent work… 'Seeking Peace' is the very essence of what we are all about.

Muhammed Gemea’ah, The Islamic Cultural Center of N.Y.

'Seeking Peace' has a lucidity and power completely comprehensible to any person of good will. Peace is the central characteristic of the Gospel, and it is too often avoided or ignored.

Philip Berrigan, Plowshares

Seeking Peace is not a self-help book, nor does it offer a quick fix for the problems of the world. What it does offer is a different definition of peace, and the disciplines to cultivate a shift in mindset to a simpler way, Jesus’s way.

Today's American Catholic

Everybody talks about peace, even as they prepare for war. This is a book that talks about peace in a way that prepares us to make it happen.

Tony Campolo, Eastern College

Tablet of Contents

PART I
Seeking Peace

PART II
Meanings

  • Peace as the Absence of War
  • Peace in the Bible
  • Peace as a Social Cause
  • Peace in Personal Life
  • The Peace of God 
  • The Peace that Passes Understanding

PART III
Paradoxes

  • Not Peace, but a Sword
  • The Violence of Love
  • No Life without Death
  • The Wisdom of Fools
  • The Strength of Weakness

PART IV
Stepping Stones

  • Simplicity
  • Silence
  • Surrender
  • Prayer
  • Trust
  • Forgiveness
  • Gratitude
  • Honesty
  • Humility
  • Obedience
  • Decisiveness
  • Repentance
  • Conviction
  • Realism
  • Service

PART V
The Abundant Life

  • Security
  • Wholeness
  • Joy
  • Action
  • Justice
  • Hope
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