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Overcoming Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand
Jane and James Ritchie challenge people to first commit to end violence personally and in their families, and to then work outwards to their local communities, the country and internationally. Kate Birch suggests how to parent so that children gain skills and confidence rather than creating fear of punishment. Children's Commissioner, Roger McClay, urges us to ensure children have quality care, to create safe environments for them and to protect them from abuse and violence. Brian Easton argues for a return to economic policies that promote social coherence. Derek Wilson advocates a fundamentally different world order and documents the hurdles to be overcome. Anne Powell's sensitive poems en...
Nurturing Peace
Nurturing Peace presents a series of theological reflections in support of the World Council of Churches' Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV), 2001-2010. In an era of conflict, injustice, and inhumanity, churches and other religious organizations are renewing their efforts to seek the things that make for peace. Nurturing Peace contains a discussion of insights and challenges that have arisen, such as affirming human dignity and the integrity of creation, reawakening the church's responsibility regarding the use and abuse of power, and being peacebearers/becoming peacemakers. These reflections invite people of faith to become more deeply involved in confronting the spirit of a violent age.
Violence and Christian Spirituality
What is the relationship of our Christian faith to the violence we see in the world? How do we respond to violence in a manner that is rooted in our faith and our relationship to God? In this relationship with a God of peace and justice, how do we experience peace and justice in our own lives and labour so that they may be realised in the lives of others, in our communities, and in our world? These are some of the questions addressed by a number of theolo-gians and lay people from different Christian traditions when they met in 2005 for an ecumenical conversation on Violence and Christian Spirituality. Edited by the Orthodox theologian, IT Emma-nuel Clapsis, their papers cover issues such as Christian witness in overcoming violence, including reference to the World Council of Churches' Decade to Overcome Violence (2001-2010), the churches' response to domestic violence, religious freedom and human rights, and contributions towards an ecumenical spirituality for a culture of peace.
A Lasting Prophetic Legacy
Martin Luther King Jr. is widely viewed as an American civil rights leader who applied principled and situational nonviolence in efforts to eradicate racism, poverty, and violence in the United States in the 1950s and 60s. It is too often forgotten that he was also a self-proclaimed "world citizen" with a global vision, and that he envisioned the advance of globalization long before most of his contemporaries. This book exposes the global King who united in spirit and practice with other world leaders and representatives of the World Council of Churches to promulgate enduring peace and human community. It brings us to a new appreciation of the global King and explains how he continues to inform our understanding of what it means to live and function in the "world house."
Nonviolence
This study guide is a collection of 33 bible lessons that includes the message of peace and nonviolence,with questions for group discussion and sections of activity that make it delightful. The book also reflects the messages of Mahatma Gandhi, WCC, Pope John Paul 11, Martin Luther King (Jr.) and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.Ideal book for all age groups.
Mapping Religion and Spirituality in a Postsecular World
Individualization of believing and the logic of pluralism today inevitably bring a redefinition of the role of religion in the lives of individuals as well as societies themselves. New concepts and new theories are necessary to try to describe and understand how such processes work: this is without doubt the most problematic and intriguing aspect of the processes of change that characterize our era. This is a difficulty that makes us use only partially, and often with much caution, words, concepts and theories that until not long ago had a convincing heuristic and explanatory power and were, at least apparently, indisputable. Once it is established that under the sacred vaults of religion nothing is created and nothing is destroyed, but everything is preserved and transformed, what are the connections that are now being established with the sacred in society? The concepts “spirituality” and “post-secular” give important insights into the new religious landscape. Contributors include: Anhony J. Blasi, Yong Chen, Monica Chilese, Emanuela Contiero, Elisabetta di Giovanni, Anat Feldman, Isabella Jonveaux, Ruth Illman, Liselotte Frisk, Fatma Sundal, and Sophie-Hélène Trigeaud.
Israel Yearbook on Human Rights , Volume 30 (2000)
The "Israel Yearbook on Human Rights" - an annual published under the auspices of the Faculty of Law of Tel Aviv University since 1971 - is devoted to publishing studies by distinguished scholars in Israel and other countries on human rights in peace and war, with particular emphasis on problems relevant to the State of Israel and the Jewish people. The "Yearbook" also incorporates documentary materials, relating to Israel and the Administered Areas, which are not otherwise available in English (including summaries of judicial decisions, compilations of legislative enactments and military proclamations). "Volume 30" contains, amongst others, articles on Humanitarian Protection in non-international armed conflicts.
Pathways for Theology in Peacebuilding
In Pathways for Theology in Peacebuilding: Ecumenical Approaches to Just Peace Sara Gehlin maps out theological resources for peacebuilding and discusses the meaning of just peace from the perspectives of theological ethics, biblical interpretation, spirituality, and ecumenical vision.
