Topic
Reconciliation
How Psychology Shapes Our Prejudice
Christena Cleveland, a social psychologist, is helping churches and faith-based groups transcend deep-seated divisions.
June 17, 2013
Detroit Students Restore Peace by Talking It Out
Some leaders say their city could become the first to practice restorative justice across the board.
April 5, 2013
National Tragedy and the Empty Tomb
Not even senseless murder can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus.
March 28, 2013
How Can Short-Term Missions Best Advance God's Mission?
Author Brian Howell says we should start with a robust reconciliation theology.
February 7, 2013
Faith-Based Medicine for Fractured Nations
Where conflict has torn a country apart, religion can play an important role in bringing it back together.
December 31, 2012
Syria's Last Chance
As violence surges and diplomacy fails, Christians, Muslims, and Druze advocate for reconciliation and democracy.
June 27, 2012
The Ceasefire Prayer Behind Leymah Gbowee's Nobel Peace Prize
How faith led to a Nobel Peace Prize winner's push for reconciliation.
April 20, 2012
Q & A: John Piper on Racism, Reconciliation, and Theology after Trayvon Martin's Death
The Minnesota pastor addresses the foundation for responding to questions on race.
March 30, 2012
Portland's Quiet Abolitionists
Leading the liberal city's efforts to halt child trafficking is a network of dedicated Christians. Just don't go advertising it.
October 31, 2011
Sherwood Baptist Partners with a Black Church to Bring Racial Healing
The church behind 'Facing the Giants,' 'Fireproof,' and 'Courageous' partners with an African American congregation to bring reconciliation to a Georgia town.
September 30, 2011
John Piper: I Was Racist
How the pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church went from a self-described racist to an adoptive father of an African American. An excerpt from 'Bloodlines.'
September 21, 2011
Civility Under Fire: Chuck Colson & Timothy George Revive MLK's Legacy
Dr. King's response to critical clergy is full of lessons for today.
June 23, 2011
Prison Partnership: Byron R. Johnson on Christian Criminal Justice
Church and state can join hands to prevent crime and reform criminals.
June 7, 2011
Alternative Capitalist: How a Coffee Business Brews Reconciliation
Why Jonathan Golden helps farmers in Rwanda.
June 6, 2011
From Russia, with Love
Orthodox Metropolitan Hilarion offers evangelicals more than an olive branch.
May 4, 2011
Engaging the Islamic World After Osama
Living the message of reconciliation in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and everywhere.
May 3, 2011
Nicky Cruz: David Wilkerson 'Never Lost His Heart'
Gang leader-turned-evangelist misses his spiritual father.
April 29, 2011
Remembering David Wilkerson
How the pastor/evangelist shaped the Pentecostal and evangelical movements—and the world.
April 29, 2011
Do Muslims and Christians Worship the Same God?
Our ability to live together in peace, argues theologian Miroslav Volf, depends on how we answer the question.
April 15, 2011
Two Peoples Separated by a Common Revelation
What I've learned from dialogue with Jews.
March 28, 2011
Proselytizing in a Multi-Faith World
Why mutual respect and tolerance require us to witness for Christ.
March 28, 2011
Share Sacred Spaces?
Observers discuss whether churches should lend worship space to other religions.
March 17, 2011
John Stott: The Man Who Wouldn't Be Bishop
Discernment and discipline have enabled him to touch lives worldwide.
March 16, 2011
Worship in Black and White
Racial reconciliation happens when we not only sing each other's songs but learn the stories embedded in those songs.
March 10, 2011
Behind Egypt's Revolution
Away from news cameras, Christian, Muslim youth rediscover common ground.
March 7, 2011
Pope Benedict XVI Points Fingers on Who Killed Jesus
Jews bear no collective guilt for crucifixion, he says.
March 2, 2011
Religion 2.0: Timothy Dalrymple
The manager of Patheos' evangelical portal clarifies the gospel online.
February 15, 2011
Do Egypt's Evangelicals Get Along with the Coptic Orthodox?
More than they used to, say observers and insiders.
February 14, 2011
Egypt's Christians After Mubarak
They were protesting a church attack when the Tahrir Square demonstrations began. Political change likely won't undo deep tensions with Muslims.
February 11, 2011
Why We Opened Our Church to Muslims
A response to "Muslims in Evangelical Churches."
January 27, 2011
Testify!
In nightclubs, coffeehouses, and iPods, true first-person storytelling is becoming a cultural force as it borrows from Christian tradition.
January 7, 2011
Sudan's Politics of Prayer
If there were ever a time for intercession in international affairs, this is it.
January 5, 2011
Constructing Peace
One Olympic athlete's efforts to build relationships between Sudan's Christians and Muslims.
January 5, 2011
The Rush to Reconcile
Are peacemaking efforts in Sudan enough to prevent violence if the South votes for independence?
January 5, 2011
Year After Church Bombings Kaduna Struggles to Rebuild
To end sectarian violence once and for all, clergy members should not just preach peace, but Christians should rebuild the mosques and Muslims should rebuild the churches, says Yohanna Buru, president of the Peace Revival and Reconciliation Foundation of Nigeria, a Christian non-governmental organization. (VOA)
Can Forgiveness Play a Role in Criminal Justice?
Ann’s face was covered in bandages [from her boyfriend shooting her in the face], and she was intubated and unconscious, but Andy felt her say, “Forgive him.” His response was immediate. “No,” he said out loud. “No way. It’s impossible.” But Andy kept hearing his daughter’s voice: “Forgive him. Forgive him.” (NYT)
Southern Baptists elect black president
One hundred sixty-seven years after forming over the right to appoint slaveholders as missionaries and 17 years after apologizing for the denomination’s racist past, the Southern Baptist Convention elected its first African-American president June 19.
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