Category - peace and reconciliation

Liberia and Sierra Leone remain in the reconciliation spotlight

agency reporter — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:06:13 +0000

In Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Africa, churches have played a major role in reconciliation between groups who had been in violent conflict for decades. Two international ecumenical teams sent by the World Council of Churches will visit the three countries during the next two weeks.

German Protestant commemorate Anglican bishop of reconciliation

Ecumenical News International — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:08:18 +0000

Protestants in Germany are recalling the life of George K. A. Bell, an Anglican bishop who opposed the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler but also sharply criticised indiscriminate bombing of German cities during the Second World War.

Hospitality challenges our restricted vision

Deirdre J. Good — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 18:05:53 +0000

Hospitality to strangers is a mandate in most non-Western societies and a virtue in most religious and civic traditions, says biblical scholar Deirdre Wood. It is a practice which challenges us spiritually, personally, socially and politically.