Magazine
Sojourners Magazine: December 2016
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In an era of global conflict, what does it mean to be followers of the Prince of Peace? In this issue's cover story, Senior Associate Editor Rose Marie Berger reports on a growing number of Catholics, especially those from regions of the world where there is active conflict, who believe just war doctrine has outlived its usefulness. These Catholics--and many others around the world--are now pressing the church to develop robust, practical teachings on gospel nonviolence. "We need a clear message from the church--from the pope to the grassroots--that the church stands for nonviolence," says one South Sudanese Bishop. And with Pope Francis at the helm, we're hopeful.
Cover Story
An Appeal to the Roman Catholic Church to Re-Commit to the Centrality of Gospel Nonviolence
Catholics from different parts of the world have widely divergent experiences and contrasting approaches to “just war.”
Around the world, Catholics are becoming a church committed to peace and nonviolence. And the Vatican is listening.
For Christians in Pakistan and other Islamic countries, nonviolence is essential.
Feature
Heroic women in the Bible likely had a strong effect on Mary - and on Jesus.
Commentary
Churches, like the rest of the country, split over the peace accord.
The Department of Justice ended contracts with private prison corporations. It's time for Immigration to do the same.
Departments
Columns
Sometimes refusing to go to war and choosing to fight bigotry on the home front is the most American thing of all.
Advent is a time to push back against “the data of despair,” a time to take actions that generate “narratives of hope.”
Culture Watch
The Mestizo Augustine: A Theologian Between Two Cultures, by Justo L. González. IVP Academic.
Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools, by Monique W. Morris. The New Press.
Raoul Wallenberg: The Heroic Life and Mysterious Disappearance of the Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust, by Ingrid Carlberg. MacLehose Press.
Are we just going to see the stories that are generating the most statistically measurable buzz?
