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Dr. John Smelcer

Dr. John Smelcer

Dr. John Smelcer is the Inaugural Writer-in-Residence for the Charter for Compassion where he teaches a global online course called “Poetry for Inspiration and Well-Being.” He studied world religions at Harvard University, including a course in Religion and Violence. He is the author of over 60 books, including the award-winning, The Gospel of Simon, a retelling of Jesus’s crucifixion by Simon of Cyrene, and A New Day, a pocketbook of meditations to inspire love, compassion, hope, mercy, charity, tolerance, contemplation, and peace.

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The Pulpit of Fear

By Dr. John Smelcer | June 15, 2021

Ministers who preach hate should be removed from their churches.

Justice for All

Thomas Merton on America’s Insurrection

By Dr. John Smelcer | February 12, 2021

Applying a great Catholic teacher to America's spiritual/political crises.

Spiritual Politics

Thomas Merton, America Has Need of You

By Dr. John Smelcer | December 13, 2018

According to John Smelcer, America needs more people like Thomas Merton who realize that protest is essential to democracy.

Finding Thomas Merton

By Dr. John Smelcer | September 27, 2017

SOMETIMES THE BEST STORIES come to you when you least expect it. At least that’s the way it happened to me.

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