Transform Now Plowshares

Carole Sargent tells this holy story of nuclear disarmament with compassion and insight, sharing the lives of the Transform Now Plowshares participants with deep gratitude and respect. Imagine a culture and judicial system (ours) that sends an 84 year-old nun to prison for three years for protesting nuclear weapons. Imagine a society that feels compelled to work building nuclear bombs in order to provide for their families. The call of a well-informed conscience to sacramental action, to disturb the status quo of a permanent war economy is the solution to our dilemma of the United States in the twenty-first century. May we regain our souls through the sharing of stories such as these of faith, hope, and love. Martha Hennessy, Kings Bay Plowshares 7 and New York Catholic Worker Rich in detail, context and compassion, Carole Sargent's book illuminates how religion and spirituality motivate resisters, and how resisters build a multi-generation resistance against militarism and injustice. Dan Zak, reporter for The Washington Post and author of Almighty: Courage, Resistance and Existential Peril in the Nuclear Age With courage and singleness of purpose, the valiant peacemakers in this book who have committed their lives to rid the world of nuclear weapons never acted alone, but always in community--be it Catholic Worker, Plowshares, family--with hearts longing to bring about the beloved community. They are beacons of hope in our divided world. Clare Pratt, RSCJ, former Superior General of the Religious of the Sacred Heart