A Benedictine Sister of Erie, Pennsylvania, Joan Chittister is a best-selling author and well-known international lecturer on topics of justice, peace, human rights, women's issues and contemporary spirituality in the church and in society. She presently serves as the co-chair of the Global Peace Initiative of Women, a partner organization of the United Nations, facilitating a worldwide network of women peace builders, especially in the Middle East. Chittister has won 14 CPA awards for her books. Her most recent include Between the Dark and the Daylight (Random House), Two Dogs and a Parrot (Blue Bridge, 2015) and In God’s Holy Light (Franciscan Media, 2015). A biography, Joan Chittister: Her journey from certainty to faith, by NCR’s Tom Roberts, was released in 2015 by Orbis Books. Chittister is the founder and executive director of Benetvision, a resource center for contemporary spirituality in Erie.
In behalf of the human family
Jun 23, 2016
Two paths to peace: the secular and the sacred
Aug 25, 2015
The question is: What's the difference?
Mar 23, 2015
The ending should have been the beginning
Dec 17, 2014
Gender inequality is a man's problem
Nov 5, 2014
Cry out, sisters; cry out
Aug 8, 2014
The global sisterhood: nowhere and everywhere
Apr 23, 2014