Living Truth: A Spiritual Portrait of Pierre Ceresole

Swiss activist Pierre Ceresole (1879-1945) was the founder of the intemational work camp movement and a Friend imprisoned for defying his own govemment to bring a message of truth and peace to Germans and Italians in the world wars, yet his contributions are not widely recognized in North America. Known as "one of the great consciences" of the Swiss, Ceresole protested the churches' silence during wartime, met with Mussolini to discuss peaceful collaboration and conceived of the healing and practical work of Service Civil Intemational as a moral alternative to war. Author Keith Maddock goes beyond Ceresole's actions to paint a "portrait" of the spiritual growth of a passionate, poetic, solitary seeker of Truth who urges us "to set aside our theories and our fears, to take up the tools that are needed to create a more humane, just and peaceful world."