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Vatican II: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World See Part 2, Chapter 5: The Fostering of Peace and the Promotion of a Community of Nations
Peace on Earth 1963 encyclical of Pope John XXIII
World Day for Peace Messages Pope Benedict XVI
World Day for Peace Messages Pope John Paul II
World Day for Peace Messages Pope Paul VI
Negotiation: The Only Realistic Solution to the Continuing Threat of War Pope John Paul II
The Challenge of Peace 1983 pastoral letter of the US Bishops
Peace 1968 Medellin document by the Latin American Bishops
Lord, Make Us Instruments of Your Peace A joint statement and commitment to peace by the Jewish, Muslim and Catholic religious leaders of southeast Texas, 2002
For Peace in God's World 1995 statement by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Towards a Culture of Peace in the 21st Century Consultation jointly organised by the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs, Christian Conference of Asia and the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences, Redemptorist Centre, Pattaya, Thailand, October 2001
Peace, Justice, and Nonresistance Mennonite Confession of Faith; Article 22
Forgiveness of Sins for Those Who Die in Battle With the Heathen Pope Leo IV (847-855)
Indulgence for Fighting the Heathen, 878 Pope John II
Peace of God Synod of Charroux, 989 AD
Truce of God Bishopric of Terouanne, 1063 AD
ARTICLES, PAPERS
Pacifists, Patriots, or Both? Second Thoughts on Pre-Constantinian Early-Christian Attitudes Toward Soldiering and War By J. Daryl Charles in Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture, Spring 2010
Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, and Development Proceedings of the study day at The Pontifical Academy of Science, February 10, 2010
Perceptions about Civil War in Central Africa: Can War Be Justified or Solve Problems? By Kitambala Lumbu, Peet van Dyk, Alta van Dyk in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2009
Articles by John Dear, S.J. Articles, interviews, and columns, 1985-2009
Resources for Exploring Just and Unjust War A resource page maintained by Dr. Christopher M. Janosik, Director of Research and Assessment for the Office for Mission Effectiveness at Villanova University, last modified March 2008
Holy Week through the Lens of Nonviolence By Bob Holmes, OSB, in Stirrings, a Basilian peace and justice newsletter, Spring 2008
Warriors, Prophets, Peacemakers, and Disciples: A Call to Action in the Face of Religious-Inspired Violence By Melissa Weintraub in Cross Currents, Summer 2008
Faith and the Just War: Time to Think Again? By George R. Wilkes in Thinking Faith: The Online Journal of the English Jesuits, March 2008
Violence in Christianity By Hans Maier, Chair of Christian weltanschauung at the University of Munich, in Stimmen der Zeit, 2008
People's Power vs. Nuclear Power: A Conversation By Jonathan Schell & Robert S. Boynton in Dædalus, Winter 2007
The 'Glory' of War: From Homer to Baghdad By John J. Savant in Commonweal, Jan 26, 2007
Economics of War Winter 2007 issue of A Matter of Spirit, published by the Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center. Includes “Economics of War” by Amata Miller, IHM; “Envisioning An Economy of Peace” by Nicholas Mele; “Families With Skin In The Game” by Arthur Ruger; “The Human Cost of War: Reflections on Trauma & Healing” by Dr. Simona Sharoni; “The Healing of a Veteran” by Mike Hastie; “We Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us” by Gretchen Gundrum, Ph.D.; “Meditating for Peace” by Gerri Haynes; “Story of a Tax Resister” by Ruby Phillips
The Subtle Violence of Nonviolent Language By Chapman Flack in Cross Currents, Fall 2006
'Opus solidaritatis pax', Peace is the Fruit of Solidarity: The Spirituality of International Economic Solidarity in the Capuchin Order Helmut Rakowski, OFM Cap, May 2006
Authority, Lies, and War: Democracy and the Development of Just War Theory By David E. DeCosse in Theological Studies, June 2006
Blessed Are the Peacemakers: Forgiveness in Politics as a Road to Peace By William Bole, January 2006
Just War, Lasting Peace: What Christian Traditions Can Teach Us A Woodstock Forum featuring Dolores Leckey, Maryann Cusimano Love, Marie Dennis, John Kleiderer, Mark Mossa, S.J., and Robert Royal, October 2006
Terrorism and Just War A Woodstock Roundtable Discussion, 2006
Historical and Theological Origins of Assemblies of God Pacifism By Paul Alexander in Quaker Theology, Fall-Winter 2005-2006
Religion and Politics at the Border: Canadian Church Support for American Vietnam War Resisters By Donald W. Maxwell in Journal of Church and State, Autumn 2006
How Do Believers Deal with Violence in their Scriptures? By Andrew Hamilton in Eureka Street, June 26, 2006
Is There Any Future For Peace? By Dieter Senghaas in the periodical of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria 'zur debatte', 2006
Imperialism, Liberalism & the Quest for Perpetual Peace By Anthony Pagden in Dædalus, Winter 2005
Overcoming Religiously Motivated Violence By A. Rashied Omar in Cross Currents, Spring 2005
A Monk, a Rabbi, and the 'Meaning of This Hour': War and Nonviolence in Abraham Joshua Heschel and Thomas Merton By Shaul Magid in Cross Currents, Summer 2005
“It shall not reach you”: Talisman or Vocation? Reading Psalm 91 in Time of War By Frederick J. Gaiser in Word & World, Spring 2005
Violence and Christian Social Reconstruction in Africa: On the Resurrection of the Body By Emmanuel M Katongole in The Other Journal, 2005
Resistance and Nonresistance: New Testament Perspectives on Confronting the Powers By Dorothy Jean Weaver in HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies, 2005
Catholic Social Teaching and Gospel Nonviolence From John Dear's book The God of Peace: Toward a Theology of Nonviolence, 2005
Presumption against War or Presumption against Injustice? The just War Tradition Reconsidered By J. Daryl Charles in Journal of Church and State, Spring 2005
War and Peace in the Context of Inter-Religious Dialogue: A Summary View By Peter-Hans Kolvenbach SJ in Promotio Iustitiae, December 2005
Seeking Peace in a Violent World New Challenges By a group of 45 Jesuits in Promotio Iustitiae, December 2005
Discernment for Non-Violence. Some Personal Reflections on a Recent Workshop By Rudolf C. Heredia SJ in Promotio Iustitiae, December 2005
"Where is your brother Abel?" (Gen 4,9): On the Biblical Culture of Non-violence By Franz Kamphaus in Geist und Leben, 2005
Religion, Identity and Peace in the Middle East By Rabbi David Rosen, Templeton Lecture, September 2005
Preaching the Word in a Culture of Violence By Diana Culbertson, OP, professor emerita of Kent State University, in Word & World, Winter 2004
Preemptive War: What Would Aquinas Say? By Gregory M. Reichberg in Commonweal, Jan 30, 2004
“With whom he was in a state of just war...”: A Review of the Just War Tradition By James L. Cook in Word & World, Winter 2004
Healing the Nations By Karl Dortzbach in Verbum et Ecclesia, 2004
Violence against Women and Children: How Churches Can Respond By Carol L. Schnabl Schweitzer in Word & World, Winter 2004
God and Violence in the Old Testament By Terence E. Fretheim in Word & World, Winter 2004
The Dominion Factor By James Bohn in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, January-March 2004
Should a Christian Bear Arms? By James Alexander in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, January-March 2004
Questions for the Movement: Property Damage as a Tactic in Nonviolent Actions By Dean J. Johnson in Quaker Theology, Spring-Summer 2004
Just Policing: How War Could Cease to Be a Church-Dividing Issue By Gerald W. Schlabach in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Summer-Fall 2004
Migration with a View to Peace By Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, in People on the Move, December 2004
Bringing Peoples Together for a Just Peace: Challenges to Tourism in the 21st Century By Bro. Anthony Rogers, FSC, Executive Secretary of the Office for Human Development of the FABC, Malaysia, in People on the Move, December 2004
A Propethic Call Against War: A Politico-Theological Study of Jeremiah 21:1-14 By Raj Irudaya, S.J., 2003
Instead of War: The Urgency and Promise of a Global Peace System By Timothy A. McElwee in Cross Currents, Summer 2003
How Can War Be Christian? By Robert L. Holmes in Christian History, 2003
Way of Peace Pamphlets published by the Centre for Peace, Ecology and Justice of the St. Columbans Mission Society, 2003
Time to Resist By Ray Gaston in The Witness, January-February 2003
Atonement and Violence By Dennis Kuhns in Quodlibet Online Journal of Christian Theology and Philosophy, October 2003
How to Be a Peacemaker By Susan Binion in Church Leader in Africa, 2003
War and Peace in the Thought of Said Nursi By Thomas Michel, S.J,, delivered at the seminar, “Peace and Islam, under the illumination of the Ideas of the Risale-e Nur,” Istanbul, 30 March 2003
The Gospel of Peace and the Violence of God By Scott Holland in Cross Currents, Winter 2002
Moving from Violence to Healing By Lourens Minnema in Journal of the Henry Martyn Institute, July/December 2002
Unmasking the Differences: Nonviolence and Social Control By Gloria Albrecht in Cross Currents, Spring 2002
Religion and Violence A Protestant Christian Perspective By S. Wesley Ariarajah in Current Dialogue, World Council of Churches, June 2002
Towards a New Paradigm in the Theology of the Just War By Michael McCabe, SMA, 2002
Just War: Chinese and Western Perspectives By Edmund Ryden in the book Dialogue between Christian Philosophy and Chinese Culture: Philosophical Perspectives for the Third Millennium, 2002
The Gospel of Peace and the Violence of God By Scott Holland in Cross Currents, Winter 2002
On the Rhetoric of a "War on Terrorism" By Kyle Fedler in Cross Currents, Winter 2002
We Weren't Saved by a State Execution: An Interview with Rita Nakashima Brock and Rebecca Ann Parker By Mary E. Hunt in The Witness, April 2002
Abolishing War? An Appeal to Christian Leaders and Theologians By Stanley Hauerwas and Enda McDonagh in Quaker Theology, Autumn 2002
The Kaduna Peace Declaration of Religious Leaders Modelled on the Alexandria Declaration of January 2002 this Peace Declaration was agreed and signed by eleven Christian leaders including Archbishop Achigili and eleven Muslim leaders, Imams and Sheikhs and by His Excellency Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, 22 August 2002
From Religious Outsiders to Insiders: The Rise and Fall of Pacifism in the Churches of Christ By Michael W. Casey in Journal of Church and State, Summer 2002
Church Unity and the Necessity of Nonviolence By Craig M. Watts in Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Summer-Fall 2002
The Ethics of Pardon and Peace: A Dialogue of Ideas between the Thought of Pope John Paul II and the Risale-i-Nur By Thomas Michel, S.J., Istanbul, September 2002
Early Methodism: A Paradigm for Non-Violence: An Exercise in "Vision Ethics" By David L. Cubie in Wesley Theological Journal, 2002
Religions for Peace By Michael Amaladoss, SJ in America
The Violence of God: Dialogic Fragments By Julie Shoshana Pfau, David R. Blumenthal in Cross Currents, Summer 2001
Violence in Christian Theology By J. Denny Weaver in Cross Currents, Summer 2001
Blood & Stone: Violence in the Bible & the Eye of the Illustrator By Barry Moser in Cross Currents, Summer 2001
Notes on God's Violence By Catherine Madsen in Cross Currents, Summer 2001
Catholic Peacemaking: From Pacem in terris to Centesimus annus A Talk Prepared for The United States Institute of Peace by Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J, Woodstock Theological Center and United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C., February 5, 2001
What Can The Bible Teach Us About Peacemaking? By Ron Mock in Quaker Theology, 2001
The Bible & Peacemaking By Chuck Fager in Quaker Theology, 2001
War and the Problem of Evil: A World without the Possibility of War By John L. Yardan. Chapter 11 of his book God and the Challenge of Evil: A Critical Examination of Some Serious Objections to the Good and Omnipotent God, 2001
Violence in Christian Theology By J. Denny Weaver in Cross Currents, Summer 2001
Blood & Stone: Violence in the Bible & the Eye of the Illustrator By Barry Moser in Cross Currents, Summer 2001
Notes on God's Violence By Catherine Madsen in Cross Currents, Summer 2001
The Violence of God: Dialogic Fragments By Julie Shoshana Pfau and David R. Blumenthal in Cross Currents, Summer 2001
The Contribution of Interfaith Dialogue Towards a Culture of Peace By Jørgen S. Nielsen at the International Conference on Dialogue of Civilizations, Institute of Islamic Studies, London, 27 October 2000
The Contribution of Interfaith Dialogue Towards a Culture of Peace By Jørgen S. Nielsen in Current Dialogue, n. 36, December 2000
Experiencing Violence, Shaping Identity, Negotiating Life By Barbara Strassberg, Aurora University, in Cross Currents, Winter 1999/2000
Irreconcilable Differences: The Church Should Divorce the Military By Michael Gorman in Christianity Today, March 2000
Facing Pharaoh An interpretation of Exodus 10:1 ff by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center in Accord, New York, 2000
Law and Violence By Donald X. Burt, OSA. Chapter 8 of Friendship and Society: An Introduction to Augustine's Practical Philosophy, 1999
War and Peace By Donald X. Burt, OSA. Chapter 9 of Friendship and Society: An Introduction to Augustine's Practical Philosophy, 1999
The New World Order? By Julian Rivers in Cambridge Papers, December 1999
Economic Sanctions, Just War Doctrine, and the "Fearful Spectacle of the Civilian Dead” By Joy Gordon, Philosophy Department at Fairfield University, in Cross Currents, Fall 1999. "Sanctions, like siege, intend harm to civilians and therefore cannot be justified as a tool of warfare."
Weaving Peace By Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of The Shalom Center in Accord, New York, 1999
Peace Culture: The Problem of Managing Human Difference By Elise Boulding in Cross Currents, Winter 1998
Religions, Hard and Soft By Johan Galtung in Cross Currents, Winter 1997-98. "Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements that contribute to peace or war. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among them must strengthen the peacemaking elements within them."
Peace Culture: The Problem of Managing Human Difference By Elise Boulding in Cross Currents, Summer 1998
On Passover and Peace By Lionel Traubman, 1998
Violence, Justice and Human Dignity By M. Sastrapratedja in the book The Human Person and Society, 1997
The Policy of Peace in Islam By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan in SIDIC Periodical, 1996
From Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth: The Challenge of Peace for Jews, Christians and Muslims By Roger Etchegaray in SIDIC Periodical, 1996
Violence... examining the stages of violence By Bob Bossie, SCJ, in Suffering: The Stauros Notebook, Summer 1996
Violence... the response to violence By Adela Gross, O.S.F., in Suffering: The Stauros Notebook, Summer 1996
Violence... the struggle to overcome violence By Sr. Dolores Lytle, CSA, in Suffering: The Stauros Notebook, Summer 1996
“The Other Is Given”: Religion, War, and Peace By Paul R. Sponheim, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, in Word & World, Fall 1995
Pursuing Peace without Illusions By John R. Stumme, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, in Word & World, Fall 1995
War in the Hebrew Bible and Contemporary Parallels By Susan Niditch, Amherst College, in Word & World, Fall 1995
Why Do the Nations Rage in the Name of Religion? By Richard E.Wentz, Arizona State University, in Word & World, Fall 1995
Personal Pacifism By Kenneth W. Kemp in Theological Studies, March 1995
War Gets a Break in Pope's 'Culture of Death' By Colman McCarthy in National Catholic Reporter, April 14, 1995
The Morality of Humanitarian Intervention By Kenneth R. Himes in Theological Studies, March 1994
'Peace' Now Not Quite Like It Was in '83 By Dorothy Vidulich in National Catholic Reporter, Jan 7, 1994
Paths of Peace (Darkei Shalom) in the Jewish Tradition By Rabbi Dr. Michael A. Signer, 1994
Catechism Fails to Convey Pope's Passion for Peace By Peter Hebblethwaite in National Catholic Reporter, Jan 29, 1993
Arms Reduction and Global Reconstruction A blueprint for the year 2000, by Jonathan Larson, 1993
Rene Girard, James Williams, and the Genesis of Violence By Bruce Chilton in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1993
Sacrifice, Mimesis, and the Genesis of Violence: A Response to Bruce Chilton By James G. Williams in Bulletin for Biblical Research, 1993
Giving Birth to the God of Peace in an Age of Unrest By Mary Lou Kownacki, OSB in Spirituality Today, 1991
Is there an Ethic of Violence? By Walter Wink in The Way, 1990
Living Stones By Megan McKenna in Spirituality Today, 1989
New Perspectives for a Theology of Peace By Donald Evans in Spirituality Today, 1989
The Peace of God By Mary Ann Fatula, OP in Spirituality Today, 1988
War in Heaven, Peace on Earth By Daniel Berrigan in Spirituality Today, 1988
Articles in SIDIC Periodical, 1988
The Bible and the Transition from a War Culture to a Peace Culture: A Christian Perspective By Ernesto Balducci
Three Kinds of Peace: Shalom – Shelomot By Armand Abecassis
The Priestly Blessing and the Gift of Peace By Lawrence E. Frizzell
Violence in the Bible: An Interview with Gian Luigi Prato By Carmine Di Sante
Peace and Violence Gleanings - by the editors
Yahweh Is a Warrior By Richard Nysse, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, in Word & World, 1987
Nonviolence By Sr. Gail Worcelo, CP, in Suffering: The Stauros Notebook, May/June 1987
Can a Christian Be a Pacifist? By Don Murphy in Spirituality Today, 1986
Violence By Fr. Donald Senior, CP, in Suffering: The Stauros Notebook, March/April 1986
Not Peace but the Sword By John Dalrymple in The Way, 1986
The Promise of World Peace A Statement by the Universal House of Justice, Bahá'í World Center, Haifa, Israel, October 1985
Peace: Not as the World Gives By Vernard Eller, 1985
Enemy Love: The Challenge of Peace By Fr. Donald Senior, CP, in Suffering: The Stauros Notebook, March/April 1984
The Foundations of Peace The Autumn 1983 issue of In Context
Crosiers into Plowshares (Or Catholic Bishops as Peacemakers) By John Deedy in Theology Today, 1982
The Task and Challenge of Prophetic Peacemaking By Lowell O. Erdahl, University Lutheran Church of Hope, Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Word & World, 1982
Peace: The Fruit of Justice By Philip Potter in Theology Today, 1980
Nuclear War and Vatican Council II By Paul Ramsey in Theology Today, 1966
The Irenic Potential Of Religions Article by Huston Smith in Theology Today, 1966
Peace By Adolf Guttmacher in the Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906
War: Its Causes, Consequences, Lawfulness, Etc. By Quaker Jonathan Dymond, 1828
St. Thomas Aquinas on War
Peace Articles from the magazine Salt of the Earth
Articles by Father John Dear, SJ Most of these articles deal with peace and peacemaking
Peace Ideas A publication of the Peace Center, Theosophical Society in the Philippines. Excellent articles
Reflections on Working Towards Peace, courtesy of The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University:
Carlos Santana
– Nelson Mandella
– Rigoberta Menchu Tum
– Cesar Chavez
– Muhammad Yunus
– Andrew Young
– Harry Wu
– Jody Williams
– Elie Wiesel
– Benjamin Weir
– Alice Walker
– Lech Walesa
– Mahbub Ul-Haq
– Desmond Tutu
– R. E. Turner
– Margaret Thatcher
– Mother Teresa
– Steven Spielberg
– Oscar Arias Sanchez
– Jehan Sadat
– Marla Ruzicka
– Mary Robinson
– Robert Redford
– Jose Ramos-Horta
– Leah Rabin
– Colin Powell
– Dith Pran
– Helen Prejean
– Shimon Peres
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– Mairead Corrigan Maguire
– Maya Lin
– Richard Leakey
– Phil Lane, Jr.
– Ron Kovic
– C. Everett Koop
– Henry Kissinger
– Coretta Scott King
– Craig Kielburger
– Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
– Ida Jackson
– John Paul II
– Wei Jingsheng
– Bianca Jagger
– Jesse Jackson
– Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa
– David Ho
– Paul Hawken
– Thich Nhat Hanh
– Nadja Halilbegovich
– Billy Graham
– Mikhail Gorbachev
– Jane Goodall
– Leonard George
– Arun Gandhi
– Marian Wright Edelman
– Dalai Lama
– Yael Dayan
– F. W. de Klerk
– Jean-Michel Cousteau
– Theo Colburn
– Jimmy Carter
– Geoffrey Canada
– Helen Caldicott
– Lee Butler
– David Brower
– Sarah Brady
– James Brady
– Benazir Bhutto
– Harry Belafonte
– Joan Baez
– Maya Angelou
– Queen Noor al-Hussein
– Mahnaz Afkhami
– Bella Abzug
– Hafsat Abiola
MISCELLANEOUS WEBSITES
The Damietta Initiative Welcoming people of all faiths to sow the seeds of non-violence and peace throughout Africa in the Spirit of St. Francis of Assisi
Peaceweb The Ottawa Quakers, with links to children and peace, peace, international development, Quakers and the United Nations, Quaker links, and Peaceweb news
Christian Peacemaker Teams An initiative among cooperating Mennonite and Brethren churches and Friends meetings. Our ministry of Biblically-based and spiritually centered peacemaking emphasizes negotiation, protection of human rights, public witness, and nonviolent direct action
Ethics of War, Peace, and Terrorism An excellent Ethic Update from Professor Lawrence Hinman. Lots of wonderful links
Atomic Archive This site explores the complex history surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb - a crucial turning point for all mankind
The Prince of Peace Plowshares A number of links on these peace activists
The Peace Pilgrim This site is devoted to information about Peace Pilgrim. Included is the entire text of a little booklet and spiritual classic called Steps Toward Inner Peace (60 k) which outlines her pilgrimage and, more importantly, her peace message that covered the entire peace picture: peace among nations, groups, individuals, and the very important inner peace - because that is where peace begins.
Irenees.net: A website of Resources for Peace Includes dossiers, files, and collections
The Nobel Peace Prize All about the prize and the laureates from the Norwegian Nobel Institute.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners 1996-1901 With information on each one.
Heroines of Peace: The Nine Nobel Women
Sasakawa Peace Foundation The Sasakawa Peace Foundation sponsors a wide range of programs designed to address international issues and to promote global peace via nonprofit sector initiatives worldwide. Founded in September 1986, SPF is a nonprofit organization aiming to contribute to the welfare of humankind and development of a sound international community.
Peace Corps Currently, 7,000 Peace Corps volunteers are serving in 70 countries, working to bring clean water to communities, teach children, help start new small businesses, and stop the spread of AIDS. Since 1961, more than 165,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps, serving in 135 nations
Pax Christi USA --
Pax Christi UK Pax Christi, Peace of Christ, is a gospel-based lay-inspired, peacemaking movement. Founded in the Catholic Church, its membership is open to individuals, groups and organisations of all faiths who are in sympathy with its aims and values. It is affiliated to Pax Christi International. Pax Christi strives to help the Church and the wider community to proclaim and to make peace, through its experience and ideas, and especially through the witness and action of its members
Project Ploughshares An ecumenical agency of the Canadian Council of Churches
Friends for a Non-Violent World FNVW works to build a world of Peace and Justice through the following programs: The Alternatives to Violence Project, customized non-violence trainings, People Camp, Peace Breakfast, Minnesota Military Tax Resistance Network, summer interns, a newsletter, and volunteer opportunities
Nonviolence International International group encouraging nonviolent methods to bring about changes reflecting the values of justice and human development
Fellowship of Reconciliation Since 1915, FOR has carried on programs and educational projects concerned with domestic and international peace and justice, nonviolent alternatives to conflict, and the rights of conscience. A Nonviolent, Interfaith organization, FOR promotes nonviolence and has members from many religious and ethnic traditions
Jewish Peace Fellowship We are a nondenominational Jewish organization committed to active nonviolence as a means of resolving conflict, drawing on Jewish traditional sources within the Torah, the Talmud and contemporary peacemaking sages like Martin Buber, Judah Magnes and Abraham Joshua Heschel
War Resisters League War Resisters League centers its work on education and action. Education involves publishing pacifist literature, including a magazine, The Nonviolent Activist, and the annual Peace Calendar. Our emphasis is on action, war resistance and individual conscience. WRL organizes demonstrations, cooperates in coalition with other peace and justice groups, opposes conscription and all forms of militarism including ROTC, and supports men and women who resist the military at all levels
Peace Brigades International PBI works to open a space for peace in which conflicts can be dealt with non-violently. PBI teams don't try to impose solutions from the outside. Instead, they provide moral support and a safer space for local activists
Americans for Peace Now APN is the leading United States advocate for peace in the Middle East. APN's mission is to help Israel and the Shalom Achshav movement to achieve a comprehensive political settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict consistent with Israel's long-term security needs and its Jewish and democratic values
Center on Conscience and War CCW works to defend and extend the rights of conscientious objectors
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors The CCCO has been there continuously since 1948, helping people who get caught in the military’s we. We still help them get out, just like we helped people get out of the tragedy of Vietnam
International Committee for the Peace Council We are a group of religious persons committed to working together for the common needs of the whole community of life. Centered in our respective faiths, we wish to manifest the wisdom of the world's spiritual traditions -- our common human heritage. The Peace Council will build bridges among all beings through the message of non-violence, compassion, human rights, and universal responsibility, individual and collective
Churches for Middle East Peace The work of CMEP focuses on Washington in the knowledge that sound United States policy is crucial to achieving and maintaining just and stable relationships throughout the area. In addition, CMEP seeks to help the members of our various organizations advocate in a knowledgeable, timely and effective way their concerns about justice and peace for all people and countries in the region
Foundation for Middle East Peace A nonprofit organization dedicated to informing Americans about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and assisting in a peaceful solution that brings security for both peoples
Peace People An international movement promoted by the Community of S:. Egidio, begun in Rome in 1999. The movement counts more tham 10,000 people living in Italy, Germany and Belgium, who come from 95 different nations. "Peace People" offer a solution to the urgent problem of immigration. It promotes integration and solidarity, taking into account different cultural and religious traditions
Institute for War and Peace Reporting An independent conflict- monitoring and media support charity, serving as a central platform for moderate voices caught in war, a first contact point for the "civil side". It links a network of journalists, academics and democracy activists throughout the Balkans and the Caucasus, and disseminates their work broadly, provides consultancy, training, journalists' exchange programmes and information resources. The site provides access to the Institute's online publications and to an extensive series of links to related resources.
Religions for Peace The largest international coalition of representatives from the world's great religions dedicated to promoting peace
Peace Tree The project goals are to bring the art of Origami to as many people in the World as possible and to promote a peaceful and better world by educating youth and adult through art practised without discrimination of any kind and in the Philantropy spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and tolerance
Justice & Peace Committee From St. John's Abbey
Conflict Mediation and Resolution A number of links from the Changemakers Library
Instruments of Peace Prayer Net Instruments of Peace is a project to unite Secular Franciscans in prayer for world peace 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Those who want to participate make a commitment to pray for peace at a regular time each day or week
Every Church A Peace Church The vision of Every Church A Peace Church is the formation of new peace churches and the transformation of war-justifying churches into peace churches, so that the world will be turned toward peace as churches live and teach as Jesus lived and taught.
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