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OVERCOMING VIOLENCE: WCC Statements and Actions 1994-2000
2nd Edition edited by Salpy Eskidjian, Sarah Estabrooks, 2000
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OVERCOMING VIOLENCE: A Challenge to the Church in All Places
by Margot Kässmann 86 pp. |
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handbook outlines the evolution of the World Council of Churches'
agenda to overcome violence from 1994 to the present. It includes
a collection of central documents that have framed the making of
the Decade to Overcome Violence, outlining official recommendations
and statements regarding the Programme to Overcome Violence, the
Peace to the City Campaign and the basic architecture of the Decade.
Book is Free
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In 1997
the WCC established a Programme to Overcome Violence. But what can
the churches do together to overcome violence in the home, on the
streets, in the media? When conflicting national and ethnic aspirations
often seem to lead to repression of armed revolution, can the church
live out the conviction that war is contrary to the will of God?
What resources for nonviolent resolution of conflicts can they find
in the Bible and their theological traditions? This book explores
the opportunities and difficulties linked with the vocation of non-violence.
2-8254-1228-7, SFR 9.90 (US£6.95, £4.50). WCC Publications, Risk Book Series.
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PEACE IN TROUBLED CITIES
Creative Models of Building Community Amidst Urban Violence
by Daphne Sabanes Plou, 140pp. |
TRANSFORMING VIOLENCE
Linking Local and Global Peacemaking
edited by Judy Zimmerman Herr and Robert Herr, foreword by Konrad Raiser. 250 pp. |
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is in cities around the world that the destructive forces of violence
in today's world are perhaps most visible. At the same time, cities
are also the places where courageous groups are working imaginatively
to rebuild community out of situations of alienation, violence and
hopelessness. This book recounts stories of creative community engagement
emerging from the WCC's Peace to the City Campaign.
2-8254-1256-2 SFR 15.00 (US$9.95, £6.50). WCC Publications, Risk Book Series.
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A collection
of essays on the biblical and theological background for peacemaking,
with practical examples from local and global settings, by noted
writers from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. This book is
a project of the Historic Peace Churches and the Fellowship of Reconciliation
in support of the Programme to Overcome Violence.
Herald Press: Scottsdale Pennsylvania, USA. SFR 15.00 (US$9.99, £6.50)
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