Peace

A Jewish-American Advocate Against the Injustice of Occupation

Phil Haslanger 9-09-2009

Just the basic facts about Anna Baltzer make her a provocative presence. She's a 30-year-old Jewish-American woman who is arguing passionately for justice for Palestinians.

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Faith is about Redemption: The Life of Ted Kennedy

Jim Wallis 9-03-2009
I have never really trusted those who are intolerant and condemning of other people's shortcomings. It makes me suspect they are likely hiding their own.
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Two Cheers for Danforth on Health Care and Sudan

Elizabeth Palmberg 9-01-2009
Two great ideas from former Sen. John Danforth, an Episcopal priest and Republican from Missouri who served in the U.S. Senate for nearly two decades, are under fire.
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Genocide, Not War, Is the Problem in Darfur

Elizabeth Palmberg 8-31-2009
The outgoing commander of the U.N./African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur has garnered much press by saying, on his way out of the door, that "I would not say there is a war going on in Darfur.
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Remember 9/11, Lament Violence, Invest in Peace

Shane Claiborne 8-28-2009
As we remember the eighth anniversary of the Sept.
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Christian Hospitality in Phnom Penh

Chris Baker Evens 8-14-2009

A handful of Christians living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, are making use of the age-old nonviolent practice of hospitality to 60 community representatives who suffer constant threats and intimidation as they work to protect land, fisheries, forests, and waterways from development projects (see http://blog.sojo.net/2009/07/24/the-dar

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An Open Letter On Health Care to Conservative Christians in the U.S.

Brian McLaren 8-11-2009
Dear Friends,

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Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Jim Wallis 8-07-2009

Yesterday was the 64th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Just Say No to Khartoum Appeasement

Elizabeth Palmberg 8-07-2009
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A Meditation on Christian Extremism: Blackwater and the Bonhoeffer 4

Jarrod McKenna 8-07-2009
"You need to realize that war is money. And money makes the world go round.
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A Conversation with Robert Jensen

Becky Garrison 8-05-2009
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The Hurt Locker and the Cause of War

Gareth Higgins 8-04-2009
Let's get one thing straight: I have no idea what war is really like.
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Israel Kicks Refugees Out of Their Tents

Ryan Rodrick Beiler 8-03-2009

In most cases in Occupied Palestine at this point, Palestinian refugees live in UN-administered camps that are essentially urban slums--overcrowded apartment blocks with high rates of poverty. But there are still some refugees that live in tents.

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Health Care is a Human Right

Valerie Elverton Dixon 8-03-2009
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), article 25 paragraph 1 says: "Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, i
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Beer Diplomacy: What Would Jesus Brew?

Cathleen Falsani 7-31-2009

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God."

- Jesus in the gospel of St. Matthew

"From man's sweat and God's love, beer came into the world."

- St. Arnold of Metz, patron saint of brewers

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Bishops vs. The Bomb: Act II

John Gehring 7-31-2009
When the United States and the Soviet Union stared into the abyss of nuclear Armageddon during the Cold War, filmmaker Stanley Kubrick began reading obscure journals like the Bulletin of the At
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'Grace to Heal': Deconstructing the Culture of Violence in Zimbabwe

Nontando Hadebe 7-27-2009
The government of Zimbabwe, in a groundbreaking move, dedicated this past weekend to renouncing political violence and promoting national healing.
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An Evangelical Who Doesn't Like Sarah Palin

Jim Wallis 7-27-2009
I was doing a workout anyway, so I decided to watch Sarah Palin's farewell address while pumping away on the elliptical machine.
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Health Care and Structural Violence

Valerie Elverton Dixon 7-24-2009
Just peace theory recognizes that there is more than one kind of violence.
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Walter Cronkite and True Journalism

Valerie Elverton Dixon 7-20-2009

Within the context of just peace theory, Walter Cronkite was and remains an important figure. Truth. Respect. Security. We know the truth through the hard work of scholars doing the difficult and necessary research into the past and present to help us understand the facts of any conflict. Politicians and policy makers ought to make decisions based on a careful interpretation of the facts.

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