Mar 28, 2012
The War in Iraq: A Sojourners Timeline
- August 15, 2002 – Sojourners announces “A World at Odds: Conscience in a Time of Terror,” an online study guide that offers fresh, alternative perspectives on five timely and important issues.
- November 10, 2002 – Publish Sojourners-initiated anti-war statement with 60 leaders from US and UK calling war "illegal, unwise, and immoral."
- Jan. 20, 2003 – Sojourners hosts MLK Day prayer service against the war entitled “Pray and Act for Peace and Justice.”
- Feb 18, 2003 – Jim Wallis leads delegation of religious leaders to meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair
- Feb 24-28, 2003 - Sojourners organizes National Teach-In on the war on Iraq, February 24-28
- March 2003 – Sojourners releases a six-point plan for avoiding war with Iraq entitled “An Alternative to War for Defeating Saddam Hussein, A Religious Initiative.”
- March 16, 2003 –Win Without War coalition Global Candlelight Vigil, planned and promoted with the help of Sojourners.
- March 18, 2003 – “Final Appeal” print ad in UK
- March 26, 2003 – Nobel Laureate Protest of Iraq war – Sojourners staffers Rose Berger and Cindy Martens arrested
- September 9, 2004 – Second Win Without War coalition Global Candlelight Vigil to mark 1,000+ dead in Iraq, planned and promoted with the help of Sojourners.
- October 2004 – “Confessing Christ in a World of Violence” signature campaign
- January 14, 2005 – Sojourners joins in the New York Times ad “The Tent of Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah: A Call for Peacemaking.”
- March 19-20, 2005 – 800 Sojourners-organized Vigils in 50 States for vets
- September 24, 2005 – Sojourners participates in D.C. anti-war protest organized by ANSWER Coalition and United for Peace and Justice.
- November 2005 – Rose and Cindy at trial
- December 2, 2005 – Sojourners calls for release of Christian Peacemaker Team members kidnapped in Iraq.
- March 16, 2007 – Christian Peace Witness service at National Cathedral, march on to White House
- March 2008 – Lament and Repent Campaign
Jim Wallis on the Iraq War: From Sojo.net (2007-2012)
- Catholic Wisdom on Iran and Iraq (11/14/2007)
- The War in Iraq: At What Cost? 9/1/2010
- The Hypocrisy of War 3/22/2011
- The War Must Not Go On! 6/23/2011
- BREAKING NEWS: U.S. to Withdraw Most Troops from Iraq by Year's End (10/21/12)
- It's Finally Over -- and It Was Wrong 10/27/2011
Duane Shank on the Iraq War: From God's Politics
- The War as They Saw It 9/13/2007
- Listening to Veterans 11/7/2011
- The War is Over. Learn from the Sacrifice. 12/13/2011
- The war is over. Welcome home. 12/15/2011
- The war is over. Lowering the flag. 12/15/2011
- The War is Over. We're All Responsible 12/16/2011
The Cost of War Series on God's Politics (2008)
- Easter in Iraq – The War Goes On by Jim Wallis 03/27/2008
- Good Friday at Lockheed Martin by Shane Claiborne 03/25/2008
- Echoes of Apartheid by Graeme Codrington 03/21/2008
- Hypocrisy in U.S. Policy by Cris Toffolo 03/21/2008
- Poisoned Water, Poisoned People by Lindsay Hildebrant 03/21/2008
- Five Years of War: A Call to Lament and Repent by Michael Sherrard 03/19/2008
- What Might Have Been by Duane Shank 03/18/2008
- The Weakness of War by J. Daryl Byler 03/172008
- Repentance Means a New Direction by Jim Wallis 03/13/2008
- The Cost of Killing by Mary Nelson 03/12/2008
- Snapshots of Real People in Iraq by Peggy Gish 03/11/2008
- The Limits of Obedience by Logan Laituri 03/10/2008
- The Passion of the Iraqi Christ by Shane Claiborne 03/07/2008
- Five Years of Living with War by Peggy Gish 03/05/2008
- The Cost in Dollars, Democracy, and Memory by Peter Price 03/04/2008
- Peace Week by Brian McLaren 03/03/2008
- I Love My Name by Omar Al-Rikabi 02/29/2008
- Bloodshed in Northern Iraq by Michele Naar-Obed 02/27/2008
- A View From Inside Kurdistan by Michele Naar-Obed 02/26/2008
- We Cannot Afford War by Susan Mark Landis 02/22/2008
- A Lenten Call to Repentance by Jim Wallis 02/21/2008
- War Crimes or Criminal War by Logan Laituri 02-20-2008
Other Sojo.net Blog Posts:
- Snapshot: Christian Peace Witness for Iraq 3/19/2007
- Twelve Army Captains Offer Front Line Frankness 10/26/2007 by Rose Marie Berger
Op-Eds on Iraq War
- Is Bush deaf to church doubts on Iraq war?
Boston Globe 12/9/2002 - There is a Third Way
Washington Post 3/13/2003
FULL TEXT - To Escalate The War Now Is Criminal
WaPo “On Faith” blog panel 1/14/2007
Related Op-Eds
- The Message Thing
New York Times 8/5/2005 - Old Warnings Against Righteous Nationalism
Wall Street Journal 11/23/2005 - When Your Enemies Fall
WaPo “On Faith” blog panel 5/4/2011
SojoMail on the War in Iraq (2002-2012)
Sojourners Press Releases on the War in Iraq (2002-2007)
Sojourners Videos on the War from Sojotube
Jim Wallis Speaks on Heartland w/ John Kasich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as3Jht-5bHg#t=01m21s
The Prayer Surge for Peace Reaches Capitol Hill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EfWudc-TGA
From Sojourners Magazine:
January-February 1999
March-April 1999
July-August 2002
September-October 2002
November-December 2002
January-February 2003
- Patriotism is Not Enough by Peter J. Gomes
- Not a Just or Moral War by David Earle Anderson
- Prophetic Leadership by Jim Wallis
- In the Shadow of Self-Delusion by Ed Spivey Jr.
March-April 2003
- We Must Oppose This War by George Hunsinger
- Seeing the Faith of the Enemy by The Editors
- A Momentous Choice by Jim Wallis
- The War at Home by Duane Shank
May-June 2003
- The Lessons of War by Jim Wallis
- Reading Gilgamesh on the Day 500,000 Protesters Marched Against George W. Bush and Lockheed Martin's War on Iraq by Rose Marie Berger
July-August 2003
September-October 2003
- Dangerous Religion by Jim Wallis
- The Project for a New American Empire by Duane Shank
- Weapons of Mass Deception by David Cortright
- Say Goodbye to the U.N.? by David Batstone
November-December 2003
- The Burden of Truth by Jim Rice, Rose Marie Berger
(Full Transcript - web exclusive) - Whose Sacrifice? by Jim Wallis
- Next Stop, Iran? by Aistair Millar
January 2004
February 2004
May 2004
July 2004
August 2004
- Democracy in the Balance (COVER STORY) by Bill Moyers
- The Theology of Torture by Jim Wallis
- In Iraq, the Truth is Out There by Danny Duncan Collum
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
January 2005
- In the Face of War by Larry Rasmussen
- Winning The Peace by Glen Stassen
- Seeking Common Ground by Duane Shank
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
September 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
- Back From The Brink? by David Cortright
- Words, Not War, With Iran by Jim Wallis, Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, Susannah Heschel, Brian D. McLaren, Bob Edgar, William J. Shaw, Sayyid M. Syeed
- If All You Have Is A Hammer by Jim Wallis
September/October 2006
- Valor, Honor, Conscience by Stacia Brown
- Defying Violence with Democracy by Jack DuVall, Cynthia Boaz
- Iraq Vets Take on Washington by Erik K. Gustafson
- First Day on the Job by Ed Spivey Jr.
November 2006
December 2006
- 118 Days by James Loney
- A Light Shines in the Darkness by Rose Marie Berger
- A Gateway to Humanity by Harmeet Singh Sooden
- 'We are Still Here' by Peggy Gish
March 2007
June 2007
Surge for Peace Cover Story – Individual Testimonials
- Tonight We Begin to End War by Jim Wallis
- Discerning the Spirit of Iraq by Rose Marie Berger
- Nor-easters for Peace by Ed Spivey Jr.
July 2007
August 2007
September/October 2007
January 2008
March 2008
September/October 2008
December 2008
July 2009
September/October 2009
September/October 2010
- Time to End This War (in Afghanistan, w/ reference to Iraq) by Jim Wallis
December 2010
November 2011
February 2011
March 2011
July 2011
September/October 2011
December 2011
January 2012
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