peacemaking

Love the Other as Yourself: Religious texts and peacemaking

Posted on September 28, 2016September 26, 2016 by Eli Lieberman

Pope Francis recently denounced the use of religion to justify war, in comments addressed to faith leaders and victims of the conflicts in the Middle East, who are assembled for this year’s World Da... Read More

Pope Francis: How to Make New Artifacts from Old Power

Posted on April 4, 2013April 4, 2013 by Nathan Elmore

“We have many experts on the terrain of conflict, but not many leaders. Good Christian leadership radiates a very different presence in a broken world.” I came across these words by Emmanuel Katon... Read More

Christianity Provides Me With the Costly Option of Nonviolence and Peacemaking

Posted on March 5, 2013March 4, 2013 by Syd Shook

A dear friend from Chicago visited me recently in Los Angeles. Both of us are Christians, and while we agreed that violent force was not preferable, I think he felt I was too radical in implying that ... Read More