Peace & Nonviolence

Never Again: A Litany for Rebuking Mass Shootings

March 23, 2021

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

I desperately need for not one more presidential term, one more year, one more month, one more sermon, one more day to go by without the country and the church—filled with good, smart, and compassionate people—getting more creative about gun control. I desperately need for this litany to never be used by another community, another soul, ever again.

Maewyn Succat and the Radical Forgiveness of Saint Patrick

Stephen Carey

March 17, 2021

Church Life, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice

Are you angry? Are you resentful and bitter over the past? Are there those whom you cannot or will not forgive? Maewyn Succat would tell us that with God's help, there is a Saint Patrick within, waiting to be released.

One State Solution in Israel/Palestine? A Conversation and Review

Bruce Fisk

March 16, 2021

Global, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics

He recounts a vision, like John-the-seer in the book of Revelation. Except his is not a binary vision of heaven’s victory and evil’s defeat, but of nonviolent generosity and mutual respect—one that embodies Jesus’ call to radical peacemaking.

The Use of Violence to Advance Political Goals

Craig M. Watts

March 16, 2021

General, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics

Distressingly, the language of spiritual warfare has transitioned into the sort of religious rhetoric that lends support to literal civil war, or at least religiously sanctioned violence.

US Military Attacks on Syria Detrimental to Peace

Mae Elise Cannon and Alexander Lutz

March 10, 2021

Global, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics

The United States must recognize the harmful effects of its current and historic foreign policy in the Middle East, and begin working toward a better future.

US Missile Strike in Syria: What You Should Know

RLC Editor

March 1, 2021

Global, Peace & Nonviolence, Practical Justice

We cannot bomb our way to peace. What is imperative is that we don’t lose sight of the civilians and families whose homes and communities in Syria and Iraq bear the brunt of these never-ending proxy wars fought between the US, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and others.

How Not to be a Crappy Christian

Michael Snarr and Nicole Johnson

February 16, 2021

Books, Peace & Nonviolence, Politics

As professors—one a politically-engaged theologian and the other a theologically-engaged political scientist—we admit that this situation leaves us concerned and scratching our heads. In our current American context, we wonder: what does it mean to live an authentic life of faith?

A Former Confederate State Just Voted To Abolish Its Death Penalty

Shane Claiborne

February 6, 2021

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Race

But it’s worth celebrating Virginia, the “home of the Confederacy,” as the first state in the old Confederate South to abolish the death penalty. The two facts are related, because the death penalty cannot be separated from our history of race and slavery in America.

The Week After MLK Day

Tony Caldwell

February 3, 2021

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

The misuse of his words imply that King was primarily teaching a minority people how to suffer well rather than pushing for personal change within the hearts of, and systemic change within the structures of, majority peoples.

Still Christian? A Prayer for the Reckoning

Lydia Wylie-Kellerman

January 27, 2021

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

We are witnessing the ways that Christianity’s tentacles have bound themselves to patriarchy, nationalism, and white supremacy. For many of us rooted in this tradition, this is a moment of reckoning with its violence.

Never Again: A Litany for Rebuking Mass Shootings

Maewyn Succat and the Radical Forgiveness of Saint Patrick

One State Solution in Israel/Palestine? A Conversation and Review

The Use of Violence to Advance Political Goals

US Military Attacks on Syria Detrimental to Peace

US Missile Strike in Syria: What You Should Know

How Not to be a Crappy Christian

A Former Confederate State Just Voted To Abolish Its Death Penalty

The Week After MLK Day

Still Christian? A Prayer for the Reckoning

Ten Ways to Resist a Dictatorship

Consistent and Faithful Witnesses

The Church Is Not a Business

How the Year of Jubilee Challenges Us to Confront Monopoly Power

Lovers of Peace Must Organize