Blog 22 Apr 2022 Paul and Christian Social Responsibility WN: New Testament scholar Chris Marshall first published this piece in 2000. There is another piece on this site (Is… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 May 2016 US Army Chaplain Resigns in Opposition to Use of Assassin Drones by the United States If only hundreds more U.S. army chaplains would do this! an excerpt: [US Army Reserve Chaplain Captain Christopher John] Antal… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 May 2016 Nonviolence and the Book of Revelation with an Annotated Bibliography by Paul Nuechterlein an excerpt: When I wrote the first draft of this page (May 2007), I was wondering if… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 May 2016 Re-Sacralizing Violence in the Left Behind Books by Paul Nuechterlein An excerpt: From the perspective of mimetic theory, the most serious problem with the Left Behind series… Editor No Comments
Blog 19 Apr 2016 World Social Forum, August 9 – 14, Montréal Canadian Friends of Sabeel, a pro-reconciliation entity encouraging justice and peace between Palestine and Israel, and part of a worldwide… Editor No Comments
Blog 14 Apr 2016 Putting a Human Face on Capital Punishment Jamie Arpin-Ricci, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016 This book appears to be very good! The interview with the author is… Editor No Comments
Blog 07 Apr 2016 Vatican to host first-ever conference to reevaluate just war theory, justifications for violence WN: This is quite an amazing development in the Catholic Church! The conference you will read about is April 11… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Mar 2016 Pope Francis and the Just Third Way BY MICHAEL D. GREANEY, CPA, MBA JUNE 13, 2015 WN: This in my view is an outstanding article. Read it,… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Mar 2016 René Girard’s Theories Still Explain the Violence All Around Us WN: This is the CBC headline for airing the David Cayley five-part series on violence and its origins, the last… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Apr 2015 Peacebuilders’ Toolbox: 52 Online Resources for Peace Work The following is a a "Peacebuilders' Toolbox" consisting in 52 online resources, produced by longstanding peace teachers connected to Canadian… Editor No Comments
Blog 03 Apr 2015 The Inside-Out Gospel By Rev. Michael F. Blevins, J.D., M.Div., LL.M. Executive Director of the NE Iowa Peace & Justice Center, Inc., Decorah,… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2015 Billy Graham – Echoes in the Shadows This was written by Bill C. Davis. WN: Billy Graham has been the most known representative Evangelical for the last… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Mar 2015 Spirituality of Penal Abolition image above: goodreads.com WN: Ruth Morris, Canadian Quaker who won numerous humanitarian awards, invited me to present this paper at… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Mar 2015 Making Friends of Enemies: Father Elias Chacour WN: I love this story! Father Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Christian still very active today (and now Archbishop Chacour) in… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Mar 2015 Transformative Justice Vision and Spirituality: M2/W2 Association and The Criminal Justice System This paper was done in May 2002 for a presentation at a Correctional Service of Canada institution. I do not… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Mar 2015 ‘In the Middle:’ Biblical Reflections on Restorative Justice WN: Tom Yoder Neufeld presented this to the Mennonite Central Committee Canada Restorative Justice Network in Winnipeg in 2003. It… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Mar 2015 Cruciform anthropology: an introduction to the thought of René Girard WN: This was written by Simon J. Taylor, and is so helpful in understanding René Girard. An excerpt: What difference… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Mar 2015 A Great Irony of History: The Anthropological Significance of the Cross, and Peace WN: I wrote this and presented it at the Colloquium on Violence and Religion (COV&R) June 19, 2008. Paul Nuechterlein… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Mar 2015 The Gospel and Prisons image above: christianlifemissions.org WN: I wrote this several years ago. A very brief touching on biblical prison abolitionism. An excerpt:… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2015 Christianity and the Subversion of Just About Everything! April 16, 2017 WN: This essay was initially written in the 1980's while I was preparing a sermon on Romans… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2015 Capital Punishment image above: izquotes.com WN: I was invited to dialogue with Dr. Richard Land of (later) “The Ethics and Religious Liberty… Editor No Comments
Blog 24 Jan 2015 David Cayley of CBC Ideas for over 30 years Presents… WN: Greetings all. About 25 years ago, I wrote to David Cayley in response to a CBC Ideas series broadcast… Editor No Comments
Blog 10 Mar 2014 Enemy Love As Core Gospel WN: I wrote this in the context of M2/W2 ministry. Ironically, the Board and one contractor displayed profound enmity towards… Editor No Comments