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Pacifism ≠ Passive-ism: Commitment to Peace does not mean withdrawal

Submitted by Andrew Suderman on 16 October 2010 - 7:07am

I recently attended a conference held at the University of Pretoria that focused on the theme Violence in the Democratic South Africa: A Challenge to the Church and its Theology. It was a wonderful time to engage others, both theologians and practitioners, about violence within the South African context. I learnt a lot, especially about the South African context and the very real challenges that face the Church as it seeks to respond to violence.

Opinion: Reconnecting Love and Nonviolence: A Response to Obama's Nobel Lecture

Submitted by Andrew Suderman on 26 December 2009 - 10:05am
In his Nobel remarks of two weeks ago, U.S. President Barack Obama called for "the continued expansion of our moral imagination" in the cause of building a lasting peace in the world. Obama's words themselves, however, exhibited no such imagination. On the contrary, they outlined again the exhausted dismissals of nonviolence as the way to pursue peace. Nowhere was this more evident than in his assessment of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that African American Nobel laureate in whose debt Obama places himself.

Written by Joe Sawatzky

Opinion: Questions Raised about Obama’s Just War Justification

Submitted by Andrew Suderman on 22 December 2009 - 12:09am
On December 10, 2009, Barack Obama, the President of the United States, received the Nobel Peace Prize Award in Oslo, Norway. Obama received this award “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” The nomination of Obama for a Nobel Peace Prize and its acceptance have been issues of much controversy due, in large part, for the short amount of time he has spent within the global political arena.

On December 10, 2009, Barack Obama, the President of the United States, received the Nobel Peace Prize Award in Oslo, Norway. Obama received this award “for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” The nomination of Obama for a Nobel Peace Prize and its acceptance have been issues of much controversy due, in large part, for the short amount of time he has spent within the global political arena.

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