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  • November 14, 2008
    Redemptive violence is a myth, Guardian Comment is Free, 14 November 2008
  • November 11, 2008
    War remembrance and Christian hope

    Today is Remembrance Day. But what is ‘remembering’ in human and Christian terms, asks Simon Barrow? How can we probe beneath the emotion and ceremony in order to discover (and practice) something life-affirming as we recall the tragedy of war?

  • October 20, 2008
    Christians lament weapons of mass destruction at Aldermaston

    Anglican Bishop of Reading, Stephen Cottrell, welcomed trainee ministers to services of lamentation at the Atomic Weapons Establishment at Aldermaston on Friday - the place where Trident warheads are made for British military submarines.

  • September 25, 2008
    Walking Alongside- Alternative Methods of Nonviolent Accompaniment in Israel/Palestine

    Sixty years after the creation of the state of Israel, tensions in the Holy Land continue to capture the attention of the world, and continue to divide people of all faiths across the globe.

  • September 18, 2008
    Muslim and Christian women show how religion can build peace not conflict

    In the comfort of a simple Swedish meeting room, 25 Christian and Muslim women have been meeting to talk about how religion, which is often blamed for conflict and violence, can also move people toward peace and cooperation.

  • September 2, 2008
    Mennonite summer camps foster practical peacemaking skills

    The North American Mennonite relief and development agency MCC is supporting summer 'peace camps' which bring young black people together to find out more about being creative peacemakers in their neighbourhood and aas leaders.

  • August 31, 2008
    Christian officer in the Philippines promotes love of Muslims

    A Filipino army officer, who fought against Muslim secessionist rebels in southern Philippines, says he realised that somehow the cycle of violence must end, so he helped pioneer Project I.S.L.A.M., or I Sincerely Love All Muslims.

  • July 25, 2008
    Mennonites and Catholics make joint peace commitment

    The Vatican and Mennonite World Conference representatives who met in Rome in October 2007 to prepare theological reflections on peacemaking have made available the full statement and background material.

  • July 14, 2008
    Peacemaking after Christendom

    Christians have lived in conformity to the ethics of Caesar too long, says Simon Barrow. As Christendom fades, fresh possibilities for peace emerge from a renewed understanding of what it means to be the Body of Christ.

  • June 19, 2008
    Why we need a prince of Peace

    Why Prince William should carve out a new role for himself as peacemaker. As the recent focus on the growing death toll in Afghanistan brings into sharp relief, the best way to honour those affected by the disfigurement, maiming and killing which accompanies all wars, is not to glamorise those who do it.