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  • 25 Jul 2007
    Brown signals likely shift on British arms export policies

    Gordon Brown has said he will shut down the main government overseas arms sales office – at least in its present form. Peace campaigners want this to signal a more basic shift away from the promotion of military exports.

  • 25 Jul 2007
    Non-violence: Jesus' last word to the church

    Evangelicals have enjoyed a major influence on the Bush administration, but John Dear points out that this does not mean they have a basic commitment to Jesus' way of peace.

  • 21 Jul 2007
    Re-evangelizing the religion of death

    At the root of death-dealing religion and ideology is fear, says Simon Barrow. The biggest challenge we face today is how to challenge cultures of death from within, replacing the logic of the sword with an invitation to life.

  • 17 Jul 2007
    Christians prepare for 'Called to be peacemakers' gathering

    Four hundred Christians from a variety of traditions will gather in Swanwick, Derbyshire, next weekend )from 20 - 22 July) for a vocational and campaigning conference entitled 'Called to be Peacemakers - Who Me?'

  • 22 Jun 2007
    Making Peace Headline News

    You are invited to a discussion on Making peace headline news with Ekklesia director Simon Barrow, on Tuesday 26 June 2007, at St Ethelburga's, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG, starting at 6.30pm. Ends by 8pm. All welcome.

  • 22 Jun 2007
    How to change the agenda from violence to peacebuilding

    You are invited to a discussion on Making peace headline news with Ekklesia's Simon Barrow, on Tuesday 26 June 2007, at St Ethelburga's, 78 Bishopsgate, London EC2N 4AG, starting at 6.30pm. Ends by 8pm. All welcome. Feel free to spread the news.

  • 27 Apr 2007
    Giving nonviolence a real chance

    The quiet demise of mass nonviolent protests in Iraq is rarely mentioned by the media or analysts, says Tim Nafziger. How different could things have been if nonviolent demonstrations by Iraqis had been widely covered and taken seriously?

  • 12 Apr 2007
    An optimism too far for Palestine-Israel?

    Peace and justice means more than political expediency, argues Timothy Seidel - and behind the fashionable rhetoric of 'two states' for Palestine/Israel lie some highly dubious agendas.

  • 28 Mar 2007
    World churches in mass mobilisation for peace

    Plans to mobilize churches around the world for peace have been approved by the World Council of Churches (WCC) executive committee.

  • 13 Mar 2007
    Regime change a possibility in Zimbabwe as opposition maintains momentum

    The prospect of a nonviolent uprising against Robert Mugabe appears to be increasing by the day in Zimbabwe, fulfilling a call made two years ago, by a Catholic Archbishop.