I’m making a prophecy about 2011 – Israel v Iran and the Tea Party
I have no great love for the Tea Party. I have no love at all for the Tea Party (again, I am clearly wrong to address it as a monolithic structure, but I haven’t heard much right from them, so turn about is fair game, I reckon), but one of the mistakes that they have […]
In: Religion and Politics · Tagged with: iran, israel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Michele Bachmann, peace, Ron Paul, Tea Party, war
Is Middle East Peace Likely? Abbas agrees to Israeli control over Western Wall
This is always a touchy issue, politically and religiously, but it seems that at least for now, the Palestinian Authority is making overtures for peace with Israel. Could a two-state solution be in the forecast? Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has given U.S. special envoy George Mitchell a list of written proposals for reaching a […]
In: Religion and Politics · Tagged with: israel, Palestinian Authority, peace, zionism
Non-Violence in the Early Church And Beyond
I recently discovered a series of posts on a topic which I have covered before. You might want to give it a second look. He starts with a simple question:
In: Church Fathers · Tagged with: non-resistance, non-violence, peace
Meno Simmons on Peace
“We who were formerly no people at all, and who knew of no peace, are now called to be…a church…of peace. True Christians do not know vengeance. They are the children of peace. Their hearts overflow with peace. Their mouths speak peace, and they walk in the way of peace.”
In: Reformation · Tagged with: Menno Simmons, peace
Is religion about war or peace?
I wonder, if we truly are the religion of peace, then where is our call for it? Evangelical Christian leaders such as Pat Robertson have assailed President Obama’s effort to engage Iran, and the results so far have not vindicated the president’s approach as a diplomatic policy.
In: Religion and Politics · Tagged with: francis of assisi, iran, just war, pat robertson, peace, politics, religion, war
John Howard Yoder: A Radical Christian?
“We are not talking about ‘the authority of tradition’ as if tradition were a settled reality and we were then to figure out how it works. We are asking how, within the maelstrom of the traditioning process, we can keep our bearings and distinguish between the way the stream should be going and side channels […]
In: Doctrine · Tagged with: civil religion, John Howard Yoder, Mennoite, peace, peace church
Turkey, Armenia Sign Historic Accord
This is important to me for various reasons. First, although I am not Armenian, I feel that the genocide which took place upon those people has been largely forgotten. Further, I note that Turkey, a secular Islamic country, is concerned with peace in that part of the world. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton […]
In: Religious News · Tagged with: Armenia, Armenian holocaust, peace, Turkey, world peace
