Sight-Seeing: Only the enemy-loving Way of the Cross can save Israel and Gaza
NILS VON KALM reflects on how we, as Christians, are called to respond to the violence in Israel and Gaza…
Essay: The atomic bomb shocked the world, but not enough to stop killing civilians
In an article first published on Religion News Service, BRIDGET MOIX, general secretary of the Friends Committee on National Legislation in the US, says that as we mourn the devastation of the last world war, policymakers need to work to prevent the next one…
The Interview: Martin Luther King Jr scholar Lewis V Baldwin
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Lewis V Baldwin, emeritus professor of religious studies at Vanderbilt University, about his recent book, ‘The Arc of Truth: The Thinking of Martin Luther King Jr’…
Prayer or weapons?: Theologians reflect on non-violence in the context of the Ukraine conflict
JONATHAN FOYE reports on differing perspectives on how theologians view the idea of non-violence in the context of the conflict raging in Ukraine…
Howard Thurman, mentor to King who preached non-violence, featured in documentary
RNS A little-known theologian who mentored Rev Martin Luther King, Jr, is the subject of a new documentary that highlights the influence the older man had on a range of civil rights leaders. Backs Against the Wall: The Howard Thurman Story, a 55-minute film, highlights how King’s work and mission were shaped by the African-American […]
ESSAY: MEET THE THEOLOGIAN WHO HELPED MLK SEE THE VALUE OF NON-VIOLENCE
As the US marks Martin Luther King Jr Day, PAUL HARVEY, professor of American History at the University of Colorado, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the relationship between Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, and theologian and mystic Howard Thurman…
FILM: ‘HACKSAW RIDGE’ A PROFOUNDLY IMPACTING DEPICTION OF THE POWER OF CONVICTION
NILS VON KALM watches Mel Gibson’s new film, Hacksaw Ridge…