nobel peace prize

A Bottom-Up Perspective on Obama's Nobel Speech

Aaron Taylor 12-22-2009

I didn't get a chance to watch Barack Obama's Nobel speech live, but I've read the transcript and found very little in the speech that couldn't have been given by any number of past presidents-incl

Obama's Nobel Speech, Violence, and Nonviolence: Who's Na

Brian McLaren 12-17-2009

The president's campaign speech in Philadelphia on race and his speech earlier this year to the Muslim world from Egypt were, in my mind, two of the most important presidential speeches of my lifet

Obama's Nobel Speech: What If?

Jarrod McKenna 12-17-2009

What if? What if Obama's speech had not simply referenced Gandhi and King but followed them in following the way of Jesus?

Obama in Oslo: Nonviolence is the Strongest Weapon

Johann Christoph Arnold 12-16-2009

I was saddened by our president's acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize. He missed a chance to witness to courage and leadership. True, Mr.

Obama's Nobel Speech: Reflection and Response

Jim Wallis 12-14-2009

President Obama laid out a moral defense of the use of force in his acceptance speech in Oslo

Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Speech and Just Peace Theory

Valerie Elverton Dixon 12-10-2009

If all we notice in President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture is a justification of war, we will miss the 21^st<

A Pre-Emptive Peace Prize?

Gareth Higgins 10-20-2009

I know it's been a week and a bit, which in the contemporary mode suggests that ancient history has already passed under the bridge since the Nobel Committee announced its decision, but I wanted to

Nobel, Obama, Bono, and 'Rebranding America'

Eugene Cho 10-19-2009

Like many folks a couple weeks ago, I was stunned that Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize. In fact, I thought it was some sort of joke but alas, it was legit. But I did manage to get couple tweets in there including this one:

Advocating for Sudan from the Inside

Cynthia Lapp 10-16-2009

We are accustomed to standing outside the White House, protesting the policies of war and torture.

A Nobel Prayer

Jim Wallis 10-13-2009

I got the first call at 6:30 a.m.

Speculating on Obama's Peace Prize Perspective

Edward Gilbreath 10-12-2009

I can't read the guy's mind, of course, but after the initial, natural response of "Yeah, I got it goin' on," I'm thinking this is what President Obama must've really been thinking upon he

Is Obama's Peace Prize Premature?

Valerie Elverton Dixon 10-09-2009

Just peace theory proceeds from the premise that peace is a day by day effort. It is a process that requires vision, skill, and courage.

Obama in Ghana: The Capacity of Hope

Nontando Hadebe 7-14-2009

The visit by U.S. President Barack Obama to Ghana this past weekend was described as his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa.

God is Not [and has never been] White: Biblical Post-colonial Theology

Jarrod McKenna 5-29-2009

"The Bible knows nothing about peace without justice," said that great prophet of joyful restorative justice, Desmond Tutu, when he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.

Using My Liberty for Aung San Suu Kyi

Kaitlin Barker 5-20-2009

I spent my Monday lunch hour, and maybe longer due to D.C. traffic, standing with some 30 protesters across the street from the Burmese embassy, waving signs and shouting at curtained windows. Hundreds of other demonstrators around the world were also protesting on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi.

Let Us Pray for the World's Bad Actors

Valerie Elverton Dixon 5-19-2009

Let us pray for Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe and for the Burmese generals. Let us send them our love. This is the counterintuitive radicality of the Christian witness.