The America Catholic Book Club selection for August is Peace Be With You: Monastic Wisdom for a Terror-Filled World by David Carlson. As the 10th anniversary of "9/11" approaches, this is a timely read. Here's the blurb from America: Published in time for the 10th anniversary observances of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, Pennsylvania and the Pentagon, this book shows the common ground and quest for peace shared by Christians and Muslims in America. Based on 30 interviews with abbots, nuns and monks, its goal is to proffer hope and trust to a weary, sometimes hate-filled and mistrusting world. Carlson chose monastic interviewees because “their training would give [us] a different angle of perception on our suffering.” In a forthcoming review for America, Bill Williams calls the book “a compelling examination of America’s angry response to 9/11” and [the] “radical alternative that would have involved compassion, understanding, deep listening and forgiveness.
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