Annotated Peace Resource List

Winn examines biblical passages that condemn violence and long for peace as well as those that tell of the wars of God's people and picture God as commanding war. Winn suggests an ethic faithful to the central thrust of scripture.

Six sessions about different aspects of the peacemaking life. Each includes a biblical dialogue, stories about peacemakers, biblical dramas, issues for discussion, and ideas for parents.

This 5-session Bible study examines racism and challenges students to work at changing systems that oppress people of color. Discussions and activities will help youth identify prejudice, consider how and why privileges are given to white people, and work at dismantling systems that discriminate.

Roth offers clear reasoning and current examples in response to pressing questions of our day: What are clues to what Jesus would do in the face of swirling fears, anger, and helplessness after the attacks of 9/11/01? What was Jesus’ role in the maelstrom of first century Palestinian politics? Is the nonviolent way of Jesus completely unrealistic? Do Christians really have anything different to offer the world than strategies based on power and coercion? How might a Christian’s trust in God redefine allegiance to his or her nation?

Four chapters: The Cross and Violence, Christ and Power, Peacemaking and Economics, and Walking in the Resurrection in a Violent World.

Fictional biographies, based on the biblical accounts, of Abigail, Judith, Zipporah, Huldah, Miriam, the daughters of Zelophehad, and more. (Look them up in a concordance if any are unfamiliar!)

This is a Bible study and journaling workbook for people exploring issues of conscientious objection to military service. Designed for individual or group study, or with a mentor. Also available as a packet of the book and information about Christian Peacemaker Registration (documenting your views on participation in the military with corroborating evidence from your life).

What does the Bible say about violence and armed conflict? A discussion in 6 sessions of issues in the Old and New Testaments.

In this magnificent finale to this trilogy, Walter Wink engages the Powers with brilliant exegesis and a profoundly creative nonviolence, revealing the way to the Powers' and our own transformation.

Today, exclusion is a primary sin, causing us to react out of fear and anger to those not in our (ever-narrowing) circle. Given this, Christians must learn that salvation comes not only from being reconciled to God, and not only as we learn to live with one another, but as we take the dangerous and costly step of opening up to each other, embracing as God embraces us. Scholarly presentation.

A hands-on tool to help youth think biblically about the violence that dominates 80 percent of computer and video games. Three possible formats: one-day workshop, a two-session series, or a one-session workshop. Helps youth carefully consider the harmful effects of violent computer games.

Evangelism patterned after the NT involves both evangelistic activity and just living. (Peace & Justice Series #4) .

Follows Christianity from 90AD to 313AD while it opposed war, and what happened then. (Peace & Justice Series #2)

Demonstrates that the early church, up to the 4th century, consistently maintained the stance of enemy-loving and nonviolence. Includes final reflections on the meaning of this for our own violent age.

How do we change personal attitudes or systems that cause injustice? The author Offiers suggestions based on 40 texts from Luke. Each chapter ends with a creative retelling of a text, useful for worship settings.

The author shares insight from years of work in international mediation and deep spiritual reflection on the task of reconciliation. Exciting personal experiences and understandings from the Bible inform specific ideas for improving our own peacemaking in the church and the world. Insights such as his "Unspoken Ten Commandments of Conflict in the Mennonite Church" bring to light humorously many ways we act, despite their being counter to our actual beliefs and to our physical and emotional well-being, and can help lead us farther along the journey toward reconciliation.

Sider spells out s program--based on scriptures--to reduce poverty dramatically. His prescriptions do not fall neatly into the platforms of the political right or left, but draw from data from various views. .

Stasson interprets and applies the teaching of Jesus to every day life, showing how Jesus’ teachings don't trap people, but rather set them free to break away from the patterns of sin and pain. "He exegetes like a biblical scholar while making applications which only a leading Christian ethicist like he could. Just Peacemaking shows that 'just war theory' can lead to peace while restraining war, and that pacifism is an extremely ACTIVE practice." (Matt Cromwell on Amazon)

(Avail. from Alternatives for Simple Living.)