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{{Short description|American peace activist and author (1941–2022)}}
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'''Jim Forest''' (born 2 November 1941 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Dead 13 Januar 2022 in Alkmaar Netherlands) [https://usalocalities.com/2022/01/14/obituary-death-dead-jim-forest-catholic-author-and-activist-has-died-at-the-age-of-80-we-remember-his-witness-to-faith-peace-and-justice-this-is-is-his-last-submission-to-plough/]<!-- Do not add death without citing a RELIABLE SOURCE. See [[WP:RS]] and [[WP:BLP]]. -->) is an American writer, [[Russian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] Christian [[lay theologian]], educator, and [[peace activist]].
'''James Hendrickson Forest''' (November 2, 1941 – January 13, 2022) was an American writer, [[Russian Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] Christian [[lay theologian]], educator, and [[peace activist]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
As a young man, Forest served in the [[US Navy]], working with a [[meteorology]] unit at the [[United States Weather Bureau|US Weather Bureau]] headquarters near Washington, DC. It was during this period that he became a Catholic. His [[military service]] ended with an early discharge on grounds of [[conscientious objection]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Forest |first=Jim |title=Getting from There to Here |url=http://www.incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/getting-from-there-to-here |website=In Communion |publisher=Orthodox Peace Fellowship |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902130347/http://www.incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/getting-from-there-to-here |archive-date=2 September 2009 |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>
As a young man, Forest served in the [[US Navy]], working with a [[meteorology]] unit at the [[United States Weather Bureau|US Weather Bureau]] headquarters near Washington, DC. It was during this period that he became a Catholic. His [[military service]] ended with an early discharge on grounds of [[conscientious objection]].{{sfn|Forest}}


After leaving the navy, Forest joined the staff of the [[Catholic Worker Movement|Catholic Worker]] community in [[Manhattan]], working close with the founder, [[Dorothy Day]], and for a time serving as managing editor of the journal she edited, The [[Catholic Worker]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Di Corpo|first=Ryan|title=Review: Jim Forest's new memoir delves into his 'unusual conscience'|url=https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2020/04/24/jim-forest-daniel-berrigan-237341|magazine=[[America (magazine)|America]]|volume=222 |issue=9|date=April 24, 2020|access-date=September 20, 2021}}</ref>
After leaving the navy, Forest joined the staff of the [[Catholic Worker Movement|Catholic Worker]] community in [[Manhattan]], working close with the founder, [[Dorothy Day]], and for a time served as managing editor of the journal she edited, The [[Catholic Worker]].{{sfn|Di Corpo|2020}}


In 1964, while working as a journalist for the ''[[Staten Island Advance]]'', in his spare time he co-founded the Catholic Peace Fellowship, working closely with [[Tom Cornell]]. This became a full-time job for both of them in 1965, a time that coincided with deepening US military engagement in [[Vietnam]]. The main focus of their work was counseling conscientious objectors.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cornell |first=Tom |author-link=Tom Cornell |year=2008 |title=The Chaplain's Dilemma: Can Pastors in the Military Serve God and Government? |url=http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=11215&comments=1 |magazine=[[America (magazine)|America]] |volume=199 |issue=16 |location=New York |issn=0002-7049 |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>
In 1964, while working as a journalist for the ''[[Staten Island Advance]]'', in his spare time he co-founded the Catholic Peace Fellowship, working closely with [[Tom Cornell]]. This became a full-time job for both of them in 1965, a time that coincided with deepening US military engagement in [[Vietnam]]. The main focus of their work was counseling conscientious objectors.{{sfn|Cornell|2008}}


In 1968, while Forest worked as Vietnam Program Coordinator of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Jim and thirteen others, mainly [[Catholic clergy]], broke into nine [[Milwaukee]] [[draft board]]s, removing and burning some of the files in a nearby park while holding a prayer service. Most members of the "[[Milwaukee Fourteen]]" served thirteen months in prison for their action.<ref>{{cite web |last=Forest |first=Jim |year=2009 |orig-year=2006 |title=Looking Back on the Milwaukee 14 |url=http://www.incommunion.org/forest-flier/jimsessays/looking-back-on-the-milwaukee-14/ |url-status=dead |work=Under the Forest-Flier Tree |publisher=Orthodox Peace Fellowship |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805063640/http://incommunion.org/forest-flier/jimsessays/looking-back-on-the-milwaukee-14/ |archive-date=5 August 2009 |access-date=10 June 2013}}</ref>
In 1968, while Forest worked as Vietnam Program Coordinator of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Jim and thirteen others, mainly [[Catholic clergy]], broke into nine [[Milwaukee]] [[draft board]]s, removing and burning some of the files in a nearby park while holding a prayer service. Most members of the "[[Milwaukee Fourteen]]" served thirteen months in prison for their action.{{sfn|Forest|2009}}


In the late sixties and mid-seventies, Jim also worked with the [[Fellowship of Reconciliation]], first as Vietnam Program coordinator and later as editor of Fellowship magazine. From 1977 through 1988, he was Secretary General of the [[International Fellowship of Reconciliation]], work which brought him to the [[Netherlands]]. He received the Peacemaker Award from [[Notre Dame University]]'s Institute for International Peace Studies and the St. Marcellus Award from the [[Catholic Peace Fellowship]].
In the late sixties and mid-seventies, Forest also worked with the [[Fellowship of Reconciliation]], first as Vietnam Program coordinator and later as editor of Fellowship magazine. From 1977 through 1988, he was Secretary General of the [[International Fellowship of Reconciliation]], work which brought him to the Netherlands. He received the Peacemaker Award from [[Notre Dame University]]'s Institute for International Peace Studies and the St. Marcellus Award from the [[Catholic Peace Fellowship]].


In 1988, Forest was received into the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. Since 1989, he has been international secretary of the {{ill|Orthodox Peace Fellowship|wd=Q92592467}} as well as associate editor of its quarterly journal, ''In Communion''. In 2017, he was ordained as Reader.
In 1988, Forest was received into the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]]. From 1989, he was international secretary of the {{ill|Orthodox Peace Fellowship|wd=Q92592467}} as well as associate editor of its quarterly journal, ''In Communion''. In 2017, he was ordained as Reader.


Jim had a long-term friendship with [[Thomas Merton]], who dedicated a book to him, ''Faith and Violence''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brussat |first1=Frederic |last2=Brussat |first2=Mary Ann |title=Review of ''Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton'' by Jim Forest |url=http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/books.php?id=18726 |website=Spirituality & Practice |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref> Jim also accompanied the famed Vietnamese [[Buddhist monk]], [[Thich Nhat Hanh]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Zuercher |first=Melanie |year=2004 |title=Seeing the Light |url=http://www.peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/m.pl?a=134 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902130227/http://www.peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/m.pl?a=134 |magazine=PeaceSigns |issue=9 |archive-date=2 September 2009 |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Brussat |first1=Frederic |last2=Brussat |first2=Mary Ann |title=Jim Forest |url=http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/teachers/teachers.php?id=253 |department=Living Spiritual Teachers Project |website=Spirituality & Practice |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>
Forest had a long-term friendship with [[Thomas Merton]], who dedicated a book to him, ''Faith and Violence''.{{sfn|Review of ''Living with Wisdom''|n.d.}} Jim also accompanied the famed Vietnamese [[Buddhist monk]], [[Thich Nhat Hanh]].{{sfn|Zuercher|2004}}{{sfn|Brussat|Brussat}}


A journalist and writer, his books include ''Praying with Icons'', ''Ladder of the Beatitudes'', ''The Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life'', ''Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment'', ‘’Eyes of Compassion: Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh’’, biographies of Thomas Merton (''Living With Wisdom''), Dorothy Day (''All Is Grace'') and Daniel Berrigan (''At Play in the Lions' Den''), and several [[Children's literature|children's books]], including ''Saint Nicholas and the Nine Gold Coins'', ''Saint George and the Dragon'' and ''Silent as a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue''. He also wrote a memoir, ‘’Writing Straight With Crooked Lines’’.
A journalist and writer, Forest's books include ''Praying with Icons'', ''Ladder of the Beatitudes'', ''The Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life'', ''Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment'', ''Eyes of Compassion: Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh'', biographies of Thomas Merton (''Living With Wisdom''), Dorothy Day (''All Is Grace'') and Daniel Berrigan (''At Play in the Lions' Den''), and several [[Children's literature|children's books]], including ''Saint Nicholas and the Nine Gold Coins'', ''Saint George and the Dragon'' and ''Silent as a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue''. He also wrote a memoir, ''Writing Straight With Crooked Lines''.


The Jim Forest Institute for Religion, Peace & Justice at [[St. Stephen's University]] in Canada is named for Forest.
He and his wife Nancy, a translator and writer, live in [[Alkmaar]], the Netherlands.<!-- Do not add death without citing a RELIABLE SOURCE. See [[WP:RS]] and [[WP:BLP]]. -->


Forest and his wife Nancy, a translator and writer, lived in [[Alkmaar]], the Netherlands. He died there on January 13, 2022, at the age of 80.{{sfn|Sooy}}
==Publications==


==Publications==
* ''At Play in the Lion’s Den: A Biography and Memoir of Daniel Berrigan''. Maryknoll, Orbis, 2017. ({{ISBN|978-1626982482}})
* ''Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment''. Maryknoll, Orbis, 2014. ({{ISBN|978-1626980907}})
*{{Cite book| title = Making Friends of Enemies: Reflections on the Teachings of Jesus
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 1988
* ''All Is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day''. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2011. ({{ISBN|978-1570759215}})
| publisher = Crossroad | location = New York, NY
* ''Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton''. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2008. ({{ISBN|978-1570757549}})
| isbn = 0-8245-0885-8
* ''Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life''. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2007. ({{ISBN|1570757313}})
}}
* {{cite book |last1=Forest |first1=Jim |authorlink1=Jim Forest |title=The Wormwood File: E-Mail from Hell |year=2004 |publisher=[[Orbis Books]] |location=Maryknoll, NY |isbn=1-57075-554-X |oclc=54929440 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/wormwoodfileemai0000fore }}
*{{Cite book| title = Praying with Icons
* {{cite book |last1=Skobtsova |first1=Maria |authorlink1=Maria Skobtsova |others=Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, introduction by Jim Forest |title=Mother Maria Skobtsova: Essential Writings |year=2003 |publisher=[[Orbis Books]] |location=Maryknoll, NY |isbn=1-57075-436-5 |oclc=49610914 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mothermariaskobt0000mari }}
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 1997
* ''Confession: Doorway to Forgiveness''. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2002. ({{ISBN|1570753865}})
| publisher = Orbis | location = Maryknoll, NY
* ''The Resurrection of the Church in Albania''. World Council of Churches, 2002. ({{ISBN|2825413593}})
| isbn = 157075112-9
*{{cite book |last1=Forest |first1=Jim |authorlink1=Jim Forest |title= The Ladder of the Beatitudes |year=1999 |publisher= [[Orbis Books]]|location=Maryknoll, NY |isbn=1-57075-245-1
}}
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*{{cite book| title = The Ladder of the Beatitudes
* ''Praying with Icons''. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1997. ({{ISBN|1570751129}})
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 1999
| author-link = Jim Forest
| author-mask = 1
| publisher = [[Orbis Books]] | location = Maryknoll, NY
| isbn = 1-57075-245-1
}}
*{{Cite book| title = The Resurrection of the Church in Albania
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 2002a
| author-mask = 1
| publisher = World Council of Churches
| isbn = 282541359-3
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Confession: Doorway to Forgiveness
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 2002b
| author-mask = 1
| publisher = Orbis | location = Maryknoll, NY
| isbn = 157075386-5
}}
*{{cite book| title = The Wormwood File: E-Mail from Hell
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 2004
| author-link = Jim Forest
| author-mask = 1
| publisher = [[Orbis Books]] | location = Maryknoll, NY
| url = https://archive.org/details/wormwoodfileemai0000fore | url-access = registration | via = [[Internet Archive]]
| isbn = 1-57075-554-X | oclc = 54929440
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 2007
| author-mask = 1
| publisher = Orbis | location = Maryknoll, NY
| isbn = 978-157075731-0
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 2008
| author-mask = 1
| publisher = Orbis | location = Maryknoll, NY
| isbn = 978-157075754-9
}}
*{{Cite book| title = All Is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 2011
| author-mask = 1
| publisher = Orbis | location = Maryknoll, NY
| isbn = 978-157075921-5
}}
*{{Cite book| title = Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 2014
| author-mask = 1
| publisher = Orbis | location = Maryknoll, NY
| isbn = 978-162698090-7
}}
*{{Cite book| title = At Play in the Lion's Den: A Biography and Memoir of Daniel Berrigan
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 2017
| author-mask = 1
| publisher = Orbis | location = Maryknoll, NY
| isbn = 978-162698248-2
}}
; Contributions to books by other authors
*{{cite book| contribution = Introduction
| contributor-last = Forest | contributor-first = Jim | year = 2003
| contributor-mask = 1
| title = Mother Maria Skobtsova: Essential Writings
| last = Skobtsova | first = Maria
| author-link = Maria Skobtsova
| translator1 = Richard Pevear
| translator2 = Larissa Volokhonsky
| publisher = [[Orbis Books]] | location = Maryknoll, NY
| url = https://archive.org/details/mothermariaskobt0000mari | url-access = registration | via = [[Internet Archive]]
| isbn = 1-57075-436-5 | oclc = 49610914
}}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of peace activists]]
* [[List of peace activists]]


==References==
==Citations==
{{Reflist}}
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==Sources==
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*{{cite web| title = Review of ''Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton'' by Jim Forest
| last1 = Brussat | first1 = Frederic
| last2 = Brussat | first2 = Mary Ann
| website = Spirituality & Practice
| url = http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/books.php?id=18726
| access-date = May 1, 2018
| ref = {{harvid|Review of ''Living with Wisdom''|n.d.}}
}}
*{{cite web| title = Jim Forest
| last1 = Brussat | first1 = Frederic
| last2 = Brussat | first2 = Mary Ann
| website = Spirituality & Practice | department = Living Spiritual Teachers Project
| url = http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/teachers/teachers.php?id=253
| access-date = May 1, 2018
}}
*{{cite magazine| title = The Chaplain's Dilemma: Can Pastors in the Military Serve God and Government?
| last = Cornell | first = Tom | year = 2008
| author-link = Tom Cornell
| magazine = [[America (magazine)|America]]
| location = New York
| volume = 199 | issue = 16
| url = http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=11215&comments=1
| access-date = May 1, 2018
| issn = 0002-7049
}}
*{{cite magazine| title = Review: Jim Forest's new memoir delves into his 'unusual conscience'
| last = Di Corpo | first = Ryan
| magazine = [[America (magazine)|America]]
| date = April 24, 2020 | volume = 222 | issue = 9
| url = https://www.americamagazine.org/arts-culture/2020/04/24/jim-forest-daniel-berrigan-237341
| access-date = September 20, 2021
}}
*{{cite news| title = Forest to Deliver Annual Muste Memorial Lecture
| newspaper = The Anchor
| volume = 101 | issue = 10 | page = 2
| publisher = Hope College | location = Holland, Michigan
| year = 1988
| url = https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/anchor_1988/23
| access-date = May 1, 2018
| ref = {{harvid|Hope College|1988}}
}}
*{{cite web| title = Getting from There to Here
| last = Forest | first = Jim
| website = In Communion
| publisher = Orthodox Peace Fellowship
| url = http://www.incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/getting-from-there-to-here
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090902130347/http://www.incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/getting-from-there-to-here
| access-date = May 1, 2018 | archive-date = September 2, 2009
}}
*{{cite web| title = Looking Back on the Milwaukee 14
| last = Forest | first = Jim | year = 2009
| orig-year = First published 2006
| website = In Communion: Website of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship
| publisher = Orthodox Peace Fellowship
| url = http://www.incommunion.org/forest-flier/jimsessays/looking-back-on-the-milwaukee-14/ | url-status = dead
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090805063640/http://incommunion.org/forest-flier/jimsessays/looking-back-on-the-milwaukee-14/
| access-date = June 10, 2013 | archive-date = August 5, 2009
}}
*{{cite web| title = Recollections of Thich Nhat Hanh: Being Peace
| last1 = Forest | first1 = Jim
| last2 = Forest | first2 = Nancy
| year = 2012
| publisher = Satyagraha Foundation for Nonviolence Studies
| url = http://www.satyagrahafoundation.org/recollections-of-thich-nhat-hanh-being-peace/
| access-date = May 1, 2018
}}
*{{cite book| title = The Hidden Ground of Love: Letters
| last = Merton | first = Thomas | year = 2011
| author-link = Thomas Merton
| editor-last = Shannon | editor-first = William H.
| publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux | location = New York
| isbn = 978-1-4299-6676-4
}}
*{{cite book| chapter = The Catholic Worker, Dorothy Day, and Exemplary Anarchism
| last = Pauli | first = Benjamin J. | year = 2017
| title = Essays in Anarchism and Religion
| editor1-last = Christoyannopoulos | editor1-first = Alexandre
| editor2-last = Adams | editor2-first = Matthew S.
| publisher = Stockholm University Press
| volume = 1 | series = Stockholm Studies in Comparative Religion
| page = 33
| doi = 10.16993/bak | isbn = 978-91-7635-040-9
| doi-access = free
}}
*{{Cite web| title = Remembering Jim Forest
| last = Sooy | first = Nick
| website = In Communion
| publisher = Orthodox Peace Fellowship
| url = https://incommunion.org/
| access-date = January 14, 2022
}}
*{{cite magazine| title = Seeing the Light
| last = Zuercher | first = Melanie | year = 2004
| magazine = PeaceSigns
| issue = 9
| url = http://www.peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/m.pl?a=134
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090902130227/http://www.peace.mennolink.org/cgi-bin/m.pl?a=134
| access-date = May 1, 2018 | archive-date = September 2, 2009
}}
{{refend}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://jimandnancyforest.com/}}
* {{Official website|http://jimandnancyforest.com/}}
* [http://incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/jim-forest-bio A Short Biography of Jim Forest]
* [http://incommunion.org/articles/conferences-lectures/jim-forest-bio A Short Biography of Jim Forest]
* ''Getting From there to Here'', an autobiographical biographical essay by Jim Forest
* [http://incommunion.org/forest-flier/jimsessays/getting-from-there-to-here ''Getting From There to Here''] (autobiographical essay)
* [http://incommunion.org/forest-flier/jimsessays/getting-from-there-to-here/ ''Getting From there to Here, incommunion.org, website of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship'']
* [http://orthodoxwiki.org/Jim_Forest orthodoxwiki.org]


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Jim Forest
Born(1941-11-02)November 2, 1941
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
DiedJanuary 13, 2022(2022-01-13) (aged 80)
Alkmaar, Netherlands
MovementCatholic Worker Movement
Spouses
  • Jean Morton (div. 1967)[1][2]
  • Linda Henry
    ​
    (m. 1967)​
    [1][2]
  • Nancy Flier (m. c. 1982)[3][4]
AwardsPeacemaker, St. Marcellus Award

James Hendrickson Forest (November 2, 1941 – January 13, 2022) was an American writer, Orthodox Christian lay theologian, educator, and peace activist.

Biography

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As a young man, Forest served in the US Navy, working with a meteorology unit at the US Weather Bureau headquarters near Washington, DC. It was during this period that he became a Catholic. His military service ended with an early discharge on grounds of conscientious objection.[5]

After leaving the navy, Forest joined the staff of the Catholic Worker community in Manhattan, working close with the founder, Dorothy Day, and for a time served as managing editor of the journal she edited, The Catholic Worker.[6]

In 1964, while working as a journalist for the Staten Island Advance, in his spare time he co-founded the Catholic Peace Fellowship, working closely with Tom Cornell. This became a full-time job for both of them in 1965, a time that coincided with deepening US military engagement in Vietnam. The main focus of their work was counseling conscientious objectors.[7]

In 1968, while Forest worked as Vietnam Program Coordinator of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Jim and thirteen others, mainly Catholic clergy, broke into nine Milwaukee draft boards, removing and burning some of the files in a nearby park while holding a prayer service. Most members of the "Milwaukee Fourteen" served thirteen months in prison for their action.[8]

In the late sixties and mid-seventies, Forest also worked with the Fellowship of Reconciliation, first as Vietnam Program coordinator and later as editor of Fellowship magazine. From 1977 through 1988, he was Secretary General of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, work which brought him to the Netherlands. He received the Peacemaker Award from Notre Dame University's Institute for International Peace Studies and the St. Marcellus Award from the Catholic Peace Fellowship.

In 1988, Forest was received into the Eastern Orthodox Church. From 1989, he was international secretary of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship [Wikidata] as well as associate editor of its quarterly journal, In Communion. In 2017, he was ordained as Reader.

Forest had a long-term friendship with Thomas Merton, who dedicated a book to him, Faith and Violence.[9] Jim also accompanied the famed Vietnamese Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh.[10][11]

A journalist and writer, Forest's books include Praying with Icons, Ladder of the Beatitudes, The Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life, Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment, Eyes of Compassion: Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh, biographies of Thomas Merton (Living With Wisdom), Dorothy Day (All Is Grace) and Daniel Berrigan (At Play in the Lions' Den), and several children's books, including Saint Nicholas and the Nine Gold Coins, Saint George and the Dragon and Silent as a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue. He also wrote a memoir, Writing Straight With Crooked Lines.

The Jim Forest Institute for Religion, Peace & Justice at St. Stephen's University in Canada is named for Forest.

Forest and his wife Nancy, a translator and writer, lived in Alkmaar, the Netherlands. He died there on January 13, 2022, at the age of 80.[12]

Publications

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  • Forest, Jim (1988). Making Friends of Enemies: Reflections on the Teachings of Jesus. New York, NY: Crossroad. ISBN 0-8245-0885-8.
  • Forest, Jim (1997). Praying with Icons. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. ISBN 157075112-9.
  • — (1999). The Ladder of the Beatitudes. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. ISBN 1-57075-245-1.
  • — (2002a). The Resurrection of the Church in Albania. World Council of Churches. ISBN 282541359-3.
  • — (2002b). Confession: Doorway to Forgiveness. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. ISBN 157075386-5.
  • — (2004). The Wormwood File: E-Mail from Hell. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. ISBN 1-57075-554-X. OCLC 54929440 – via Internet Archive.
  • — (2007). Road to Emmaus: Pilgrimage as a Way of Life. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. ISBN 978-157075731-0.
  • — (2008). Living with Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. ISBN 978-157075754-9.
  • — (2011). All Is Grace: A Biography of Dorothy Day. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. ISBN 978-157075921-5.
  • — (2014). Loving Our Enemies: Reflections on the Hardest Commandment. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. ISBN 978-162698090-7.
  • — (2017). At Play in the Lion's Den: A Biography and Memoir of Daniel Berrigan. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. ISBN 978-162698248-2.
Contributions to books by other authors

See also

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Citations

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  1. ^ a b Merton 2011.
  2. ^ a b Pauli 2017, p. 33.
  3. ^ Forest & Forest 2012.
  4. ^ Hope College 1988, p. 2.
  5. ^ Forest.
  6. ^ Di Corpo 2020.
  7. ^ Cornell 2008.
  8. ^ Forest 2009.
  9. ^ Review of Living with Wisdom n.d.
  10. ^ Zuercher 2004.
  11. ^ Brussat & Brussat.
  12. ^ Sooy.

Sources

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