Anonymous Are the Peacemakers
For the past century, the Nobel Peace Prize has spotlighted those who work for fraternity among the nations. But strife and warfare are often thwarted by Christians working quietly and prayerfully.
By Gerald Shenk | posted 12/04/2000 12:00AM
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As for the quietly heroic efforts of frontline Christian peacemakers, he simply says, "They'll do it anyway, without the recognition."
Gerald Shenk is professor of church and society at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He studied and worked for nine years with churches in the former Yugoslavia and has returned each year since its breakup to encourage ministries of reconciliation.
Related Elsewhere
See today's related articles, "
100 Years of Beatitude
| Nobel Peace Prize winners explicitly influenced by Christian principles" and "
Fellowship Without Borders
| In Northern Ireland, a Catholic monk and a Presbyterian pastor learn to work together for peace."
Read about the
2000 Nobel Peace Prize winner
, Kim Dae Jung.
Read an essay about some of the
women who have won the Nobel Peace Prize
.
Learn more about Michael Cassidy and his organization,
African Enterprise
, at its homepage.
Read the
Dutch Reformed Church's report
on church involvement with Apartheid in South Africa.
Visit the
International Service for Peace
(SIPAZ) homepage.
Musalaha
, a group that unites Arabic Christians and Messianic Jews, also has a site.
The
Institute for Justice and Peacebuilding
at
Eastern Mennonite University
offers
summer courses in conflict transformation
.
To read
Volf's vita and publications
, visit the Yale Divinity School site.
Volf's articles for Christianity Today about peace and reconciliation include:
Peace Be With You
| Looking beyond naivete and cynicism about peacemaking at Wheaton's Christianity and Violence conference. (March 20, 2000)
Miroslav Volf: Speaking truth to the world
| (Feb. 8, 1999)
The Clumsy Embrace
| Croatian Miroslav Volf wanted to love his Serbian enemies; the Prodigal's father is showing him how. (Oct. 5, 1998)
Finding the Will to Embrace the Enemy
| What it means to follow the crucified Christ in the midst of ethnic and racial conflict. (April 28, 1997)
Volf's
Exclusion and Embrace : A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation
is available from Amazon.com and other book retailers.
Amazon also carries Huntington's
The Clash of Civilizations
and
Religion, The Missing Dimension of Statecraft
, edited by Jimmy Carter.
Christian Peacemaking: From Heritage to Hope
by Daniel L. Buttry is available from the ChristianityToday.com bookstore and other book retailers.
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