nonviolence

Stanley Hauerwas’s The Peaceable Kingdom at 40

I wish Durham’s HEART program had existed when my friend Joe was killed.

Peacemaking is a crucial part of the Christian life—but it isn’t just about war.

Bill Wylie-Kellerman’s patchwork of poetry, prophecy, and prose reads like a modern Gospel.

We've moved on from the question of whether we should care.

What happens when a group of radical idealists tries to live together?

Heirs to John Howard Yoder's legacy have to grapple with his theology in light of his sexual abuse. Hauerwas’s recent response isn’t enough. 

I used to be cautious about partnerships with people who don’t share my faith-based commitment to nonviolence. Now I’m not so sure.

If we are to understand the delivering power of Jesus’ coming and presence on the earth, we must un-domesticate the Jesus story.

If you haven't read about Ingrid Loyau-Kennett's heroism in London the other day, you should. Immediately after the brutal murder of British miltary drummer Lee Rigby, she hopped off a city bus and talked to the killers while they stood there holding their blood-drenched weapons.

Rush Limbaugh:

If a lot of African-Americans back in the '60s had guns and the legal right to use them for self-defense, you think they would have needed Selma? . . . If John Lewis had had a gun, would he have been beat upside the head on the bridge?

Rep. John Lewis:

African Americans in the 60s could have chosen to arm themselves, but we made a conscious decision not to.

Quinton Dixie and Peter Eisenstadt focus on the first half of Thurman’s life, finding there not only the deep and complex roots of his mature works, but also a far-reaching influence on historical events and actors.

In
a blog post at the Wall
Street Journal, Conor
Dougherty describes a video game behavior that demonstrates what Century
writer Scott
Paeth calls "a distaste for playing evil."
According to Dougherty, gamers are finding ways to take some of the most
violent games and tweak characters or characters' behavior so that they
participate in the game with one notable difference--they don't kill.

The promise of Isaiah 65 is that God is doing a new thing. What's taking God so long?