Böcker av Jean Vanier

Att älska Gud och att älska människor är de två viktigaste buden, enligt Jesus. Jean Vanier visar i Gemenskapens evangelium att det ytterst är samma sak; vi uttrycker vår kärlek till Gud genom medmänsklighet och omtänksamhet gentemot varandra. Och...

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Contemporary society is the product of the disintegration of more or less natural or familial groupings. People area afraid, uncertain - and shut themselves away. But they need companions, friends with whom they can share their lives, their vision...

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One in ten people are thought to suffer from depression at some time in their life. This book offers a Christian-based approach to dealing with depression.

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In this challenging work, Jean Vanier shares his profoundly human vision for creating a common good that radically changes our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. He proposes that by opening ourselves to outsiders, those we perceive as ...

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A new reflection from Jean Vanier on the Gospel of John, based on a series of talks originally written for television. Vanier moves through each passage, setting it in the context of the other gospels, and drawing out messages for our contemporary...

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`Life in community,' says Jean Vanier, `is painful but it is also a marvellous adventure and a source of life.' But how do we live `in community'? How can we live in mutual love with people different from ourselves? Where do we find nourishment an...

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From the mind of world-famous philosopher and humanitarian Jean Vanier comes this exploration of life's greatest questions: Who are we? Why are we here? What is the purpose of life? With his characteristically deep yet accessible style, the L'Arch...

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Radical forms of gentleness for Christians in an ever louder and more violent world. Expanded edition with study guide for groups and individuals.

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"The Holy Father gives thanks to God for the beautiful witness of Faith and Light. His Holiness prays that the joy you bring to one another through the friendship that you share may shine brightly for all to see." For the Holy Father Pope Francis,...

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Not since Fulton Sheen's majestic A Life of Christ has a writer captured for his time the beauty, the power, and the holiness of Jesus. But more than this, Jean Vanier writes with a go-to-the-heart simplicity that makes the man Jesus come alive in...

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Acclaimed as a man who inspires the world, (Maclean's) and a nation builder (Globe and Mail), Jean Vanier has made a difference in the lives of countless people. In this provocative book, Vanier shares his profoundly human vision for creating a co...

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In April 2008, Jean Vanier led a simple retreat in Nyahururu, Kenya, a place recently shattered by violence and bloodshed. With frequent reference to the Gospel of John, Vanier communicated God's love and care to a group of deeply shaken people. T...

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How can we discover the sources of wholeness, healing and hope amidst a broken and suffering world? Jean Vanier examines the roots of brokenness withing the Jewish and Christian traditions and the meaning of the Good News of Jesus for our twentiet...

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Jean Vanier offers us an uplifting, contemporary, and practical application of philosophy to our human needs and yearnings. Having discovered, through his work with people with disabilities, the degree to which our society is divided and our value...

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In Befriending the Stranger Jean Vanier reflects on who we are and how we build our communities, and in particular asks, can we be truly compassionate towards others if we are not compassionate towards ourselves? In a series of six meditative piec...

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In a new and fully revised edition of a classic text, Jean Vanier examines the significance and sources of human sexuality. Drawing on his years of experience of Christian community life with and for people with disabilities, he explores the impli...

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By any measure, Jean Vanier led an astonishing life. He was the founder of the international movement of L'Arche communities as well as Faith and Light, organisations that bring together people with developmental disabilities and the friends who s...

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The DLT Books of the Bible are designed to reignite a passion for reading the Bible. A selection of Christian writers and leaders have each been invited to choose a book (or selection of books), and introduce it anew for a modern audience. What mo...

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Mental Health: The Inclusive Church Resource is written to help your own church to be equipped to welcome all people who live with mental health issues. It contains first-hand personal experiences of people who have felt excluded from churches bec...

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Fifty years ago, Jean Vanier founded L'Arche, a new kind of Christian community which would welcome people with severe intellectual difficulties in a shared life of freedom and mutual respect. A year later, the Second Vatican Council released its ...

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There is a huge need for churches to be more inclusive - some might be more inclusive in some areas than others (both in attitude and resources), but on the whole this is a massive failing of churches. Most church leaders recognise this failing bu...

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Love of God and love of others are the two great commandments: Jean Vanier shows that these are the same thing. In this timely chapter-by-chapter exploration of the Gospel of John, Vanier explains how Jesus taught this lesson at every step of his ...

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Love of God and love of others are the two great commandments: JeanVanier shows that these are the same thing. We express our love forGod through compassionate care for one another and we encounterthe love of God most tangibly through those closes...

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`This book was born from a sense of urgency. Faced with the sad divisions, fears, wars and inequalities of our world, and the depression and despair of so many young people, I have dared to share with you a way of hope. In the course of my life, i...

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'Life in community,' says Jean Vanier, 'is painful but it is also a marvellous adventure and a source of life.'But how do we live 'in community'? How can we live in mutual love with people different from ourselves? Where do we find nourishment and...

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In 1964 Jean Vanier, a philosopher and former naval officer, moved into a dilapidated house in France with two companions and founded the first L'Arche community. In time this grew into an international network of communities in which people with ...

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This book describes the spirituality of L'Arche, an international movement founded by Jean Vanier in 1964 in France. The Heart of L'Arche was first published by Novalis in 1995 and has been in demand ever since. This updated edition was revised by...

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The Heart of L'Arche describes the spirituality of the ecumenical and interfaith international federation founded by Jean Vanier in 1964, in France. The book has been in demand since it was first published 1995, and this updated edition was revise...

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In this major new work, the world-famous philosopher and humanitarian, Jean Vanier, encourages us to examine our faith and spirituality in order to work out our own answers to life great questions. 'What is the nature of reality? What are we livin...

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'Jean Vanier brings you in touch with a place inside yourself that few people have reached.'Henri J. M. NouwenIn April 2008, Jean Vanier led a simple retreat in Nyahururu, Kenya - a place that, not long before, had been shattered by violence and b...

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