[241.1] EMBARKING ON A DIFFERENT WAY

Armistice Day 2005

T]he ending of sacrifice [through Christ's death] means that we [Christians] don't continue to sacrifice other people to make the world come out all right... We've been given all the time in the world to announce that God would not have God's kingdom wrought through violence. That's good news. It's hard news, but it's good news. Stanley Hauerwas

Some further references: WCC Decade to Overcome Violence and build a culture of peace; White Poppies and the controversy over them; Jim Wallis interviews Hauerwas on Christian nonviolence; Christians explore links between doctrine and violence; advocates: Pax Christi and Fellowship of Reconciliation.

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