My experience of Eastertide 2018 was enhanced by the book, Resurrecting Easter: How the West Lost and the East Kept the Original Easter Vision, by John and Sarah Crossan.
Read More<h1>Palestinian Christians and Muslims call on faith communities to help end the occupation</h1> <p>April 26, 2018. Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore has endorsed the following open letter. The original is at <a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-christians-communities/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-christians-communities/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/palestinian-christians-communities/</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Then the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice. (Isaiah 59:15b)</em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it. (Luke 19:41)</em></p> <p>We the undersigned, a group of Palestinian-American Christians from several church traditions, call on all faith communities to:</p> <ul><li>Denounce the Trump administration’s decision...</li></ul>
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Read More<p><em><br><img src="/storage/app/media/2013TitleMap-PEACE.png" style="width: 576px; height: 255.328px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image credit: Peace Studies Section, International Studies Association</em></p> <p>To form our consciences on issues of war, nonviolence, Just Peace, and justice and injustice, we need to be lifelong learners. The field of peace and justice studies has grown tremendously in recent decades. Universities worldwide offer degrees in Conflict Resolution (or Conflict Transformation), International Peacebuilding, Sustainable Development, and related fields. Â </p> <p>The literature has grown accordingly. Below we offer a brief selection of titles that we have found useful. Please share your favorites with us!</p> <h3 dir="ltr"><strong>General C...</strong></h></em></p>
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