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Peacemaking Articles


Staff Reports, December 2007

Dr. Lucille Levin, Peace Education Programs Consultant, Birmingham, AL
Click the following  http://ecapc.org/LevinDec2007.asp

Drew A. Turner, ECAPC Southeast Regional Coordinator, Atlanta, GA
Click the followiing  http://ecapc.org/TurnerDec2007.asp

 

Peacemaking Articles (alphabetical by author)

Abu-Saba, Mary:
~ A South Lebanon Village Peacefully Liberated by Students

Albert, Michael:
~ Opening Shots...

Amstutz, Jim S:
~ Christ At The Center

anonymous:
~ Open Letter to the American People
~ A glimmer of hope from Kibbutz Metzer (editorial in Ha'aretz)

Averill, Lloyd J:
~ In Dire Need of a Patriotism of Dissent

Barstow, Anne Llewellyn:
~ When Everything Changes, Dare We Not Change?

Bernard, Dick:
~ Roots of War: A desperate need for humanity to change the conversation

Bole, William:
~ Forgiveness Makes Future Possible

Carr, Chris:
~ Pledge of Allegiance?

Carroll, James:
~ Bush's Radical Shift in Military Policy
~ The Way the War Ends

Clark, William:
~ The Real Reasons for the Upcoming War With Iraq: A Macroeconomic and Geostrategic Analysis of the Unspoken Truth

Cornell, Tom:
~ Epiphany Sermon 2002 #20 ( Is 60:1-6; Ps 72; Eph 3:2-3, 5-6; Mt 2:1-12 )

Crockett, Pierce:
~ writings, page 1
~ | Would Jesus Bomb Iraq?
~ | Why Should We Participate?
~ writings, page 2
~ | Where Is Your Faith?
~ | What Is God Saying in the Old Testament?
~ | Shall We Love Our Enemies?
~ writings, page 3
~ | As Christians, Are We to Serve Or to Save?
~ | How Do We Abandon Ourselves to God's Will?
~ | How Do We Get Started?

Dao, James and Eric Schmitt:
~ Pentagon Readies Efforts to Sway Sentiment Abroad

David, Bill:
~ Culturing War

Davis, Dick:
~ Washing My Anxiety Away

Ediger, Peter:
~ Amos Visits America

Ellis, Marc H:
~ High Holy Days Amid the Ruins

Grimsrud, Ted:
~ Grieve with God ( Jeremiah 8:18-9:3 )
~ My Journey to a Belief in Nonviolence

Hass, Amira:
~ Back Home: Fatah's Failure

Hoodbhoy, Pervez:
~ Black Tuesday: The View From Islamabad

Jensen, Robert:
~ Saying Goodbye to Patriotism

Kaufman, Joanne "Jake":
~ BEIT UMMAR: A Reconciliation of Sorts

King, Jr, (Rev) Martin Luther:
~ Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence
~ The wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Kingsolver, Barbara:
~ And Our Flag Was Still There

Kniss, Phil:
~ Peace Is the Will of God

Kohls, Gary G:
~ Approaching Spiritual Death
~ Capitalism And Militarism Were Attacked: Response To September 11th Attacks (email)
~ Christian Nonviolence -- Heresy? Or The Peace Plan Of God?

~ Christian Nonviolence and The Church
~ A Dialogue, With 2 Essays, On Christian Nonviolence
~ Domestic Violence, Military Violence, PTSD And The Church
~ The Grim Statistics of America’s Violence and Suicide Epidemic
~ Nagasaki articles (2): "The Bombing of Nagasaki, August 9, 1945, The Untold Story" and "Nagasaki and Christianity"
~ Open Letter 1: "The Church's Failure, But Hope for Its Future" or "Why Faith-based NGOs Struggle: Open Letter to an Activist"
~ Open Letter 2: "Open Letter to a Peace and Justice Activist #2" or "America is An Empire, and What That Means to the Church"
~ PTSD: The American Plague -- The Most Immeasurable Cost Of War

>September 11, Compassion Fatigue, and the Plight of Those Who Mourn for All The Dead
~ Teen Violence and Suicide Prevention Program for Communities of Faith
~ What If Every Church Had Been A Peace Church?

Krass, (Rev) Alfred C:
~ The Church and U.S. Militarism: What Would Jesus Do?

Lederach, John Paul:
~ The Challenge of Terror: A Traveling Essay

Lerner, Rabbi Michael:
~ Why We Must Unequivocally Condemn Palestinian Acts of Terror (and mourn the dead at Kibbutz Metzer)

Levin, Jerry:
~ Finding Our Way On The Journey To Jerusalem (part 1)
~ Finding Our Way On The Journey To Jerusalem (part 2)
~ Palestine and Israel: The Search For Signs of Hope
~ The Truth About Iraq

Lindner, Henry H:
~ Why Americans Are So Blind

Loeb, Paul and Geov Parrish:
~ If War Comes

Maass, Peter:
~ A Bulletproof Mind

Mann, Polly:
~ The Politics of Peace

Martensen, Jean:
~ Dear Women in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives

McCarthy, (Rev) Emmanuel Charles:
~ The Nonviolent Eucharistic Jesus

McGovern, Ray:
~ Deception de Jour and Déjà Vu

Merton, Thomas:
~ Blessed Are The Meek: The Roots of Christian Nonviolence

Miller, T. Christian:
~ U.S. STRIKES BACK, THE ARAB VIEWPOINT -- Arab Regimes Breed Discontent and Anger at U.S., Analysts Say -- Mideast: Washington is allied with repressive governments and hasn't pushed democracy.

Milner, Glen:
~ Nonviolence Or Nonexistence

Mohan, Uday and Leo Maley III:
~ Hiroshima: Military Voices of Dissent

Monbiot, George:
~ Hell's Grannies: Women in Black put us to shame, facing down ethnic cleansing and nuclear criminality

Moyers, Bill:
~ Economic And Environmental Health: A Constructive Response To Terrorism

Muwakkil, Salim:
~ Pipeline Politics Taint U.S. War

Mycoff, David:
~ Reflections on Church and Empire

Myers, Ched:
~ Are They Bombing Disneyland?

Niva, Steve:
~ Addressing the Sources of Middle Eastern Violence Against the United States

Nouwen, Henri:
~ The Need for National Conversion

Nutt, Dominic:
~ West Risks Culpability for a Massive Tragedy

Oron, Asaf:
~ Personal Testimony of an Israeli Refusenik: SGM Asaf Oron's Testimony

Power, Jonathan:
~ For The Arrogance Of Power, American Now Pays A Terrible Price

Rabin, Ethan:
~ "What have I done!" -- A hundred soldiers treated for "Intifada Syndrome"

Rensberger, David:
~ BUT WHAT ABOUT...? The "Hard Sayings" of Jesus for Nonviolence:
~ | (1) The Centurion's Servant
~ | (2) The Cleansing of the Temple
~ | (3) Not Peace but a Sword
~ | (4) Sell Your Cloak and Buy a Sword

Rivers, Reggie:
~ Waving a Flag is the Easy Part

Roy, Arundhati:
~ Brutality Smeared in Peanut Butter: Why America Must End the War Now

Rubenstein, Richard:
~ Common Sense, Not Utopian, Alternatives

Sabella, Dr Bernard:
~ Open Letter to Jerry Falwell

Said, Edward W:
~ The Clash of Ignorance
~ Palestinian Elections Now

Sehested, Ken with Kyle Childress:
~ In The Valley Of The Shadow: A September 11, 2001, reflection

Shubin, Dan
Militaristic Christendom and the Gospel of the Prince of Peace


Smith, John:

~ The Evils Of True Believers

Stoner, John:

~Take the Message to Jerusalem
~ America's Nuclear Terrorism
~ A Short History of ECAPC: To October 2002
~ Strange Brother
~ Taking Action: Turning the Church Toward Peace
~ Violence in America (a book in progress)
~ | (ch 4) "Human Discovery: Reclaiming the Vision of Jesus, the Human One"
~ | (ch 5) "Every Church A Peace Church: A 21st Century Challenge"
~ With My Mind Stayed on Freedom
~Six Pillars of A Movement for Every Church A Peace Church

Stoner, Kay:
~ Tapping the Roots: An open letter to the world community -- to America and beyond

Storey, Peter:
~ "Dear Friends in the United States" (letter)

Tolstoy, Leo:
~ Last Message to Mankind

Usher, Graham:
~ Israel's Peace Army Mobilizes

Wallis, Jim:
~ Justice Is Still the Goal

Waskow, Rabbi Arthur:
~ We Are in Truth All Vulnerable

Westmoreland-White, Michael L:
~ How I Became a Pacifist and Conscientious Objector
~ An Illegal War (email)
~ Random Chapters in the History of Nonviolence:
~ | Watch for Michael's Messages (introduction)
~ | Chapter 1: The Story of Mrs Overton
~ | Chapter 2: Barbara Deming (1917 - 1984)
~ | Chapter 3: Mary Barrett Dyer (? - 1660)
~ | Chapter 4: Máiread Corrigan Maguire, Betty Williams, and the Community of Peace People
~ | Chapter 5: Against the U.S. War Machine
~ | Chapter 6: The Story of Maeynken Wens: Anabaptist Martyr (? - 1573)
~ | Chapter 7: Jimmy Carter and the Practices of "Just Peacemaking"
~ | Chapter 8: Diane Nash (1938 -), Unsung Heroine of the Civil Rights Movement
~ | Chapter 9: Cesar Chavez and the Practice of Nonviolent Struggle
~ | Chapter 10: Differing Perspectives on Nonviolence Theory
~ | Chapter 11: Classifying the Methods of Nonviolent Direct Action
~ | Chapter 12: Women in the Peace Movement
~ | Chapter 13: Recent Books for Peacemakers: Strength for the Journey
~ | Chapter 14: Nuclear Physicists and the Quest to Ban the Bomb: Science, Moral Responsibility, and Pilgrimages to Pacifism
~ | Chapter 15: Joan Baez: Nonviolence, Folk Music, and Spirituality
~ | Chapter 16: Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement
~ | Chapter 17: Muriel Lester (1883 - 1968): Ambassador of Reconciliation
~ | Chapter 18: The International Fellowship of Reconciliation and Its National Chapters
~ | Chapter 19: WILPF: The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
~ | Chapter 20: The Story of Witness for Peace
~ | Chapter 21: Christian Peacemaker Teams
~ | Chapter 22: The Witness of A.J. Muste
~ | Chapter 23: Bayard Rustin (1912 - 1987): God's Maverick
~ | Chapter 24: Rosa Parks: Human Rights Activist
~ US Election Analysis

Williamson, Jr, George:
~ "My God...!" (Psalms 22, 23)

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