by David P. Gushee | Dec 3, 2019 | Opinion
Among the many lasting contributions of my teacher and friend, Glen Stassen, his approach to just peacemaking may be the most important. Just peacemaking was Glen’s name for effective practices in civil and international life that reduce and resolve conflicts without...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Sep 4, 2013 | Opinion
Last week saw an ebbing tide in the desire for military intervention in Syria. The British Parliament voted against a proposal to support intervention, a Reuters poll revealed that 53 percent of the U.S. oppose military action, and President Obama decided to ask for...
by Bob Allen | Feb 1, 2008 | News
Humans are caught “in an inextricable network of mutuality” that requires nations to overcome differences to work together for peace, Baptist ethicist Paul Dekar said Thursday at a special-interest session on peacemaking at the New Baptist Covenant...
by Robert Parham | Mar 14, 2003 | Opinion
Rather than “smoking guns” and military timetables, our government needs to take initiatives that offer alternatives to war. Fundamentalist preacher Bob Jones, president of Bob Jones University, answered that Jesus met a Roman centurion and never rebuked...
by Glen Stassen | Sep 6, 2002 | Opinion
Just war theory or pacifism understood simply as the restraint of war is not likely to provide satisfactory answers. What alternatives does just peacemaking theory raise for Christians to discuss, support and advocate? The government has shifted $40 billion to...
