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"The chief purpose of the Christian Church in the past has been the salvation of individuals.  But the most pressing task of the present is not individualistic.  Our business is to make over an antiquated and immoral economic system...."

-- Walter Rauschenbusch

                                                      
Non-Violence

Jesus & Jihad

  • Examines the role of the Holy War motif in both the Old and the New Testaments.
  • Explains why a modern version of the Christus Victor understanding of the doctrine of the Atonement better serves the mission of the Church than Anselm's doctrine of Substitutionary Atonement.
  • Encourages participants to take seriously the "Way of the Cross" as the most effective way to struggle against and overcome the forces of evil in our world.
           Contact John-Otto Liljenstolpe

 

        Loving My Enemies - Stories of an American Visitor to Iraq

  • How I learned about the human consequences of my Country's sanctions and bombing in Iraq.
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  • How I responded by traveling to Iraq to see what was going on for myself and challenged my Country's sanctions by bringing medicine with me.
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  • Why I subsequently decided to do something about what I had experienced by suing my government for violating international law and committing the crime of genocide.

          Contact Bert Sacks