Peacemaking

The Pax Christi Agenda

Rosemarie Pace | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Catholic Church, Catholic Social Teaching, Social Justice, Peace, Pax Christi, Peacemaking, Catholic Peace Movement, Religion News
Rosemarie Pace

There's an awful lot of misunderstanding and misrepresentation of Pax Christi out there that begs to be informed. Consequently, I offer this description of the Pax Christi "agenda" for all who might be curious.

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The True Cost Of 9/11

Maher Arar | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Wars, 9/11, Iraq, Aghanistan, September 11 Anniversary, Islam, Religious Understanding, Islamic Terrorism, Interfaith Engagement, War on Terror, Radical Islam, Religious Tolerance, Interfaith Understanding, Interfaith Dialogue, Peacemaking, Religion News
Maher Arar

Politicians should have a moment of truth and admit that the cost of these wars, both in human and economical terms, far outweighs what they have achieved on the ground.

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Praying For Peace

Katherine Marshall | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Angela Merkel, Community of Sant'Egidio, Andrea Riccardi, Catholic Church, Religious Tolerance, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Interfaith Understanding, Interfaith Engagement, Interfaith Dialogue, Conflict Resolution, Munich Sant'egidio, Peacemaking, Bound to Live Together, Inter-Religious Engagement, Religion News
Katherine Marshall

For 25 years, the Community of Sant'Egidio has organized an annual gathering of religious and lay leaders from all corners of the world. Peace is the theme and the event has the character of a pilgrimage.

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Can 9/11 Prompt A More Peaceful World?

Eliot Daley | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: 9/11, Hatred of America, World Trade Center, Peacemaking, American Influence Abroad, Osama Bin Laden, September 11 Anniversary, 9/11 Reflection, Decade After 9/11 - Renewal and Reimagining, Sept 11 Reflection, September 11th, Religion News
Eliot Daley

Being respectful of other opinions as we pursue our legitimate interests around the world today will increase the peacefulness of the human community our children inherit tomorrow.

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Another International Mediation Fiasco in Libya

Doug Noll | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Turkey, Civil, African, Council, War, Rebels, Khaddifi, Peace, Gulf, Muammar, Gaddafi, Libya, Nato, Cooperation, Conflict, Arab, Mediation, Russia, Moammar, Mediator, Un, US, League, Union, Peacemaking, Kaddaffi, World News
Doug Noll

Without reforms, we will not see improvement in peace efforts. Untold billions of dollars will continue to be lost and wasted and incredible humanitarian disasters will continue to unfold. It does have to be this way.

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Are Peacemakers Helping or Harming? Conflict Resolution and the Science-Practice Gap

Peter T. Coleman, PhD | Posted 07.27.2011

Read More: Science-Practice Gap, Peacemaking, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Resolution Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Arab-Israeli Conflict, World News
Peter T. Coleman, PhD

The gap between the science and practice of conflict resolution presents a dangerous challenge to the field of peacemaking today, particularly when it involves the high-stakes world of our most deadly, enduring conflicts.

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Why Egypt's Nonviolent Victory Is a Win for Us All

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Mass Nonviolent Action, Media Criticism, Tibet, Violence, Media, Uprising, Peace, Iran, South Africa, Gandhi, Belarus, Egypt Revolution, Middle East, Revolution, Peacemaking, Jordan, Civil Resistance, Yemen, Repression, Mideast, Tunisia, Chile, Palestine, Democracy, Egypt Uprising, Mainstream Media, Nonviolence, Burma, Nonviolent Action, Mubarak, Israel, World News
Cynthia Boaz

The movement in Egypt had been planned carefully and had been effective in conveying the need for both sustained pressure on the regime and strict nonviolent discipline.

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Exhaust the Limits: New Book Speaks to One Man's Successful Mission to Help Humanity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ceuca, Rotary International, Loyola University Maryland, Great Lakes College Association, Catholic Relief Services, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Peace, Sargent Shriver, Martin Buber, Global Citizens, Hubert Humphrey, Afs, Paul Tillich, U.S. Olympic Committee, Africa, Turfism, Harris Wofford, Peter Paul and Mary, Peacemaking, I Have a Dream Speech, Rwanda, Poverty, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Washington D.C., Paul Stevers, Albert Camus, Apprentice House, Experiment in International Living, George Mcgovern, Sister Cities, Operation Respect, Fulbright Scholars, Martin Luther King, Hutus, Colombia, Glca, Jimmy Carter, Carol Bellamy, Peace Through Moderation, Tutsis, Mercy Corps, Thought Leaders, Extremism, Ethiopia, Sam Farr, Social Responsibility, Affluence, Jim Luce, Charles ?€œChic? Dambach, Peace Corps, Fidel Castro, U.N., Kai Dambach, Exhaust the Limits:, Justice, Conflict Resolution, Peter Yarrow, Bill Clinton, Care, Les Miserables, Nea, U.S. Foreign Aid, New York City, Oiww, Appalachia, Fundamentalist Mindset, Bogotá, Three Cups of Tea, Haiti, Orphans International Worldwide, Techendama, Eritrea, World News
Jim Luce

Although our lives have turned out different, I learned in my friend Charles "Chic" Dambach's exciting new book, Exhaust the Limits, that we have much...

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Fighting for Peace in the Current American Civil War, Part 2: What Is Peace?

Jeff Neuman-Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dialogue, Peace, Peacemaking, Religion, Peace Conversation, Peace Dialogue, Conversation, Interfaith Dialogue, Religion News
Jeff Neuman-Lee

Honest conversation is the process at the heart of the scientific enterprise. It is at the heart of the religious experience of prayer. It is the only way that we can know each other and therefore fully love one another. This is peace.

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Why Conservative Christians So Often Fail the Common Good (Part 2)

Richard T. Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christian Evangelicals, Jerry Falwell, Sojourners, Social Justice, World Vision, Private Religion, Jim Bakker, Kingdom of God, Christian Fundamentalism, Conservative Christians, Justice for the Poor, Capitalism, Liberal Christians, Pat Robertson, American Religion, Peacemaking, Otherworldly Religion, Religion News
Richard T. Hughes

Why do so many Christians -- especially fundamentalists and evangelicals -- so often fail to discern the themes of peace and justice that are so central to the biblical vision of the kingdom of God?

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Let's Get Theological on Health Care and Warfare

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Corruption, President, Wealthy, Economy, War, Government Spending, George Bush, Poor, Business, Peacemaking, Peace, Congressional Budget Office, Republican, Blank Check, Government, Theology, Courage, Conflict, Values, Christ, Protest, Tax Cuts, Health Care, Reconciliation, Money, Politics, Budget, Common Ground, Biblical, Democrat, Congress, Health, Evangelical, Rich, God, Democrats, Republican Party, Wall Street, Senator Mark Hatfield, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Outrage, Military, Overruns, Special Interests, Military Spending, Health Care System, Partisan, Truth, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Anyone care to provide a theological foundation for the Republican policy preferences for the rich and for war? I would really like to see it.

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How Not To Be A Horse's A#$%!: 3 Tips For When You Blow A Public Fuse

Debbie Robins | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Joe Wilson Obama, Kanye West Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Meltdown, Serena Williams US Open, How to Apologize, Joe Wilson, Public Anger, Kick-Ass Advice, Serena Williams, Marilynne Robinson, Peacemaking, Kick-Ass, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Debbie Robins

It's been a month now since American pop culture witnessed three consecutive bursts of public anger. Serena Williams, wielding her racquet as a weapon at the U.S. Open, kick-started a week in which Kanye West stole the microphone from young, doll-faced Taylor Swift at the MTV Awards, and ended with Congressman Joe Wilson shouting down the President of the United States like a British heckler.

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Where Are the Afghans?

Gordon Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, US Military, Terrorists, Afghan War, Afghanistan, Taliban, Provincial Reconstruction Teams, Peacemaking, Kyrgyzstan, World News
Gordon Adams

Where are the Afghans? Gordon Adams 8 July 2009 "What I need is more Afghans," Says General Nicolson. "We can't read these people; we're different...

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The Obama Dividend: Is World Peace Finally Possible?

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Middle East, Terrorism, Environment, World Peace, Nuclear Proliferation, Peacemakers, Peace, Barack Obama, Peacemaking, Potsdam Institute, New York State, Politics News
Randall Amster

The path to peace, while bolstered by Obama's presence, is perhaps rockier now than ever before. Peace has moved from becoming a remote ideal to a true necessity.

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Reflecting on Our Response to 9/11

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Terrorism, Sept. 11, War, September 11, 9/11, Diplomacy, 9-11, Faith, Peacemaking, Torture, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Seven years later, as we remember that day, it is appropriate to reflect on the statement and to wonder how the world would be different if its counsel had been heeded.

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