Category: War and Peace

The winds of change

March 11, 2014

This blog has for as long as we can remember engendered a range of often heated discussion, which have many times turned quite vitriolic.  This has been occurring far too often of late and has resulted in long standing bloggers leaving our little gathering.  I have repeatedly asked people to restrain themselves and keep it … More The winds of change

Christians under threat…

December 29, 2013

From an article in the Australian… RESEARCH showing Christianity is now the most widely persecuted religious group in the world should be an urgent wake-up call to all who value the principles of religious freedom and tolerance enshrined in the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted 65 years ago this month. Indeed, Christianity could, … More Christians under threat…

War and the American Difference – An Interview with Stanley Hauerwas

October 9, 2013

From : http://practicalmattersjournal.org/issue/5/centerpieces/war-and-the-american-difference John E. Senior and Stanley Hauerwas In his book, War and the American Difference: Theological Reflections on Violence and National Identity (Baker Academic 2011), Christian ethicist Stanley Hauerwas argues that war is one moral experience that all Americans in the United States1 share. It is “the glue that gives Americans a common … More War and the American Difference – An Interview with Stanley Hauerwas

The silence of our friends – the extinction of Christianity in the Middle East

September 25, 2013

The remains of the Amir Tadros Coptic Church in Minya, southern Egypt. (VIRGINIE NGUYEN HOANG/AFP/Getty Images) The last month and a half has seen perhaps the worst anti-Christian violence in Egypt in seven centuries, with dozens of churches torched. Yet the western media has mainly focussed on army assaults on the Muslim Brotherhood, and no … More The silence of our friends – the extinction of Christianity in the Middle East

Radical Egyptian Christians: Cop that, we forgive you!

September 3, 2013

Egyptian Christians’ ‘Radical’ Response to Islamists Chris Mitchell — Tue, 2013-08-27 07:09 MINYA, Egypt — The city of Minya sits at the epicenter of the persecution against the Christian Church in Egypt. During the past several weeks, Christians have suffered the worst attacks in centuries. Radical Islam spurred the violence, but the onslaught is being … More Radical Egyptian Christians: Cop that, we forgive you!

How the US left politically hampered conservatives…

May 24, 2013

So the political left in the US is fair-minded and the only reasonable, intelligent group worth listening to? Well, of course, if you consider yourself to be the liberal intellectual heart-beat of America, you would have to think this and, thus, feel justified as you stealthily eliminate, in your imagination, any potential opposition. The problem … More How the US left politically hampered conservatives…

Prisoner number A26188

January 26, 2013

From an article in the BBC News, this story of a survivor of the Holocaust. We should never forget the horrors inflicted on Jews and other groups in the concentration death camps of World War 2. To forget or deny that these atrocities happened is a step towards repetition. Holocaust survivor Henia Bryer: Prisoner number A26188 … More Prisoner number A26188