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Blessed Are the Others by Andrew DeCort is a powerful exploration of Jesus’ Beatitudes as a transformative guide for living with compassion, vulnerability, and justice in a violent world. Through spiritual insight and historical context—including reflections on political conflict in Ethiopia—DeCort introduces the idea of “humane happiness” and challenges traditional views of blessing and prosperity.
Drawing on real-life examples like Etty Hillesum and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the book urges readers to choose mercy over vengeance and embrace healing in the face of grief and injustice. With seven way-stations along Jesus’ Beatitudinal path, this book offers a courageous framework for practicing nonviolence, peacemaking, and love in the midst of suffering.
"This book is required reading for those who understand the need for a deep connection between subtle analysis and empowered spirituality, especially as it relates to the prophetic Christian tradition!"
- Dr. Cornel West
"Blessed Are the Others is a profound and transformative journey into the depths of human suffering, resilience, and the pursuit of justice. Through personal narratives, historical reflections, and spiritual wisdom, Andrew DeCort challenges understandings of compassion, equips us to navigate complexity with grace and courage, and invites us into the paradoxical joys of Jesus' 'Beatitudinal Way.'"
- Dr. Noah Toly, Provost of Calvin University
"In this powerful new book, Andrew DeCort shows us that ancient sacred texts can still serve as anchors and guides for how to live and treat one another in the modern world."
- Dr. Eboo Patel, Founder and president of Interfaith America
Andrew received his PhD in religious and political ethics from the University of Chicago. In 2016, he founded the Institute for Faith and Flourishing in Chicago. In 2019, he co-founded the Neighbor-Love Movement in Ethiopia. IFF and NLM have reached over twenty million people with the invitation to nonviolent spirituality. Andrew has taught ethics, public theology, peace and conflict studies, and Ethiopian studies at Wheaton College, the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, and the University of Bonn.
Andrew is the author of Flourishing on the Edge of Faith: Seven Practices for a New We (BitterSweet Collective) and Bonhoeffer’s New Beginning: Ethics after Devastation (Fortress Academic). His words have appeared in Foreign Policy, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the BBC, The Atlantic, The Economist, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, Sojourners, The Other Journal, Wheaton College Magazine, The Journal of Religion, Political Theology, All Africa, BitterSweet Monthly, and numerous other platforms. Andrew writes the newsletter Stop & Think. He lives in Chicago with his wife Lily, a gentle spirit and luminous painter.
Buy Now
Blessed Are the Others by Andrew DeCort is a powerful exploration of Jesus’ Beatitudes as a transformative guide for living with compassion, vulnerability, and justice in a violent world. Through spiritual insight and historical context—including reflections on political conflict in Ethiopia—DeCort introduces the idea of “humane happiness” and challenges traditional views of blessing and prosperity.
Drawing on real-life examples like Etty Hillesum and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the book urges readers to choose mercy over vengeance and embrace healing in the face of grief and injustice. With seven way-stations along Jesus’ Beatitudinal path, this book offers a courageous framework for practicing nonviolence, peacemaking, and love in the midst of suffering.
"This book is required reading for those who understand the need for a deep connection between subtle analysis and empowered spirituality, especially as it relates to the prophetic Christian tradition!"
- Dr. Cornel West
"Blessed Are the Others is a profound and transformative journey into the depths of human suffering, resilience, and the pursuit of justice. Through personal narratives, historical reflections, and spiritual wisdom, Andrew DeCort challenges understandings of compassion, equips us to navigate complexity with grace and courage, and invites us into the paradoxical joys of Jesus' 'Beatitudinal Way.'"
- Dr. Noah Toly, Provost of Calvin University
"In this powerful new book, Andrew DeCort shows us that ancient sacred texts can still serve as anchors and guides for how to live and treat one another in the modern world."
- Dr. Eboo Patel, Founder and president of Interfaith America
Andrew received his PhD in religious and political ethics from the University of Chicago. In 2016, he founded the Institute for Faith and Flourishing in Chicago. In 2019, he co-founded the Neighbor-Love Movement in Ethiopia. IFF and NLM have reached over twenty million people with the invitation to nonviolent spirituality. Andrew has taught ethics, public theology, peace and conflict studies, and Ethiopian studies at Wheaton College, the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, and the University of Bonn.
Andrew is the author of Flourishing on the Edge of Faith: Seven Practices for a New We (BitterSweet Collective) and Bonhoeffer’s New Beginning: Ethics after Devastation (Fortress Academic). His words have appeared in Foreign Policy, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the BBC, The Atlantic, The Economist, Christianity Today, Comment Magazine, Sojourners, The Other Journal, Wheaton College Magazine, The Journal of Religion, Political Theology, All Africa, BitterSweet Monthly, and numerous other platforms. Andrew writes the newsletter Stop & Think. He lives in Chicago with his wife Lily, a gentle spirit and luminous painter.
