Category - peacemaking

December 23, 2014

Christmas Truce: podcast on 'the little peace'

At Christmas 1914, four months into World War One, British and German soldiers on the Western front laid down their weapons. They exchanged small gifts, sang carols, buried their dead, and some even kicked a football around.
December 21, 2014

Churches in Japan 'are witnesses to justice and peace'

Churches in Japan "are true witnesses of Jesus Christ through their words and deeds", says WCC General Secretary Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
December 19, 2014

Who would Jesus shoot… at Christmas?

One of the tag-lines for our annual appeal (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/annualappeal2014) this year is "Christmas truce? Help make it permanent."
December 19, 2014

Help make the 'Christmas Truce' permanent
December 9, 2014

Global ecumenical advocacy network for 'just peace' launched

The World Council of Churches has launched an Ecumenical Peace Advocacy Network (EPAN) at a recent international conference.
December 8, 2014

Christians 'called to be peacemakers and build just peace'

Pilgrimage towards peace and justice formed the theme of remarks opening the recent five-day Ecumenical Peace Consultation in Sweden
December 4, 2014

‘Who Would Jesus Shoot?’ Join our social media discussion today!

What would it mean for churches to be places where people “learned how not to kill” – to stop viewing killing as a solution, and to start investing in nonviolent alternatives to war? How could they do this? What would it say about their witness? How would it impact how the voice of the church is heard at times of heightened conflict or war?
December 2, 2014

British Quakers support peace seekers in Palestine and Israel

Quakers in Britain are responding to the recently escalating cycles of violence and retribution in Palestine and Israel, with a new initiative to support those seeking peace.
November 15, 2014

Facing the Myth of Redemptive Violence

The belief that violence “saves” is so successful because it doesn’t seem to be mythic in the least. Violence simply appears to be the nature of things. It’s what works. It seems inevitable, the last and, often, the first resort in conflicts, says the late Professor Walter Wink. If a god is what you turn to when all else fails, violence certainly functions as a god. What people overlook, then, is the religious character of violence. It demands from its devotees an absolute obedience-unto-death. It requires a theological critique.
November 14, 2014

Former Archbishop to address Christian peace NGO

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams will give the keynote speech at the Centenary Conference of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FoR).