pacifism

Less police, less crime (NYC)

by Andy Alexis-Baker 18 July 2009

One of the most commonly held misconceptions about police in this nation is that if there are more police on the streets, there will be less crime. A new report from the New York Times, however, reveals that despite a 16% drop in the number of officers in the past decade, crime has not risen, [...]

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Theology: Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution

by Nekeisha A.B. 18 July 2009

John Howard Yoder (1927-1997) has been an influential figure for this site, for the Mennonite/Anabaptist movement and for a much broader theological and ethical debate on war, peace, and the faithfulness of the church during the 20th century. His influence continues with the release of his book

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Independence Day…Sort Of

by JoshuaDbauIII 2 July 2009

whatever the United States military fights for, it certainly isn’t freedom in the truest form of the word.

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The Life You Save May Be Your Own by Paul Elie

by daviddewain 30 June 2009

I received this book under the mutual agreement with my friend Matt that, if we promised to buy it for one another, we would finally get around to reading perhaps the most recommended book I have ever come across.

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The Kingdom of God

by JoshuaDbauIII 22 June 2009

God has a dream for the world

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A conscientious objection

by Administrator 30 March 2009

I was walking alone along the road outside a monastery in England, thinking about where I was. AWOL in a foreign country. I’d gone on a two-week leave several months ago, but instead of driving back and reporting for duty on the aircraft carrier I had boarded a plane. It felt like the only thing [...]

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The Impotence of Pacifism?

by Mark Van Steenwyk 12 March 2009

A few weeks ago, I was in a leftist bookshop in Seattle and discovered a book (How Nonviolence Protects the State by Peter Gelderloos) claiming that nonviolence protects the State (making it a useful tool of Empire). In other words, they believed that pacifism and nonviolence simply allow aggressors to keep on oppressing. After all, [...]

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Living in the Question of Non-Violent Enactment

by JoshuaDbauIII 10 March 2009

John Howard Yoder is one of the most influential writers for the present Christian peace-maker movement. Yoder argued that being a Christian is a political standpoint, and Christians ought not ignore that calling. Thinking about that calling–what Christians are supposed to enact in this world, in every context in which we find ourselves–is [...]

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Early Christian Voices on War and Peace

by Administrator 11 December 2008

Special thanks to Micael Grenholm for the following early Christian voices on peace:
Justin Martyr wrote in 160 AD:
“We ourselves were well conversant with war, murder, and everything evil, but all of us throughout the whole wide earth have traded in our weapons of war. We have exchanged our swords for ploughshares, our spears for farm [...]

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Gandhi Was Wrong

by Brandon Rhodes 28 July 2008
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