Category - non violence

From Violence to Wholeness (Part 1 or 3)

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:11:14 +0000

Start: 26/02/2008 - 10:00

End: 26/02/2008 - 14:00

This practical training programme will help participants develop understanding of and skills in the spirituality and practice of nonviolence and generate conversations with each other about creating a

Thanksgiving Mass for the Beatification of Franz Jägerstätter

Jordan Tchilingirian — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:00:34 +0000

Start: 21/11/2007 - 19:00

"Franz Jägerstätter is a prophet with a global view and a penetrating insight which very few of his contemporaries had at that time; he is a shining example in his fidelity to the claims of his cons

Facing the Myth of Redemptive Violence

Walter Wink — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:49:01 +0000

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. 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.

One Day International Conference on the Relationship Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 22 May 2007 10:53:58 +0100

Start: 18/09/2007 - 00:00

The “One Day International Conference on the Relationship Between Animal Abuse and Human Violence” at Keble College, Oxford

Pope says enemy-love and nonviolence are central to Christ's message

staff writers — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Loving enemies is central to the way of Jesus, and Christian non-violence is not a tactical choice, it is a "a personal way of being" based on God's alternative strength ‚Ä' that was the message of Pope Benedict XVI in St Peter's Rome on Sunday 18 February 2007.

Palestinian bishop urges non-violence to tackle injustice

staff writers — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0000

Middle East Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan has urged Palestinians to "use brains, sanity, dialogue and non-violence and not arms to deal with differences".

Alternatives to the invasion of Iraq ‚ Sunday Programme Radio 4, 29th September 2002

Press Office — Sun, 29 Sep 2002 15:39:56 +0100

Ekklesia proposes an alternative of non-violent regime change in Iraq on Radio 4's Sunday Programme.