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Pacifist Activists Deride Bishops Over Birth Control Coverage

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 02.13.2012 | Politics

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WASHINGTON -- High-profile Republicans and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have decried the Obama administration's new contraception ...

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Could Mothers Do More?

Katherine Tasheff | Posted 01.24.2012 | Impact

Read More: In the Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie, Bosnia, Global Motherhood, Angelina Jolie Film, War, Motherhood, Angelina Jolie in the Land of Blood and Honey, Mothers Against War, Pacifism, Children in War, Video, Impact News
Katherine Tasheff

I want my children to become anything and everything they want to be. But I support and encourage them from the seemingly secure vantage point of life in the U.S. How would my parenting change if their lives were endangered every time they left the house?

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How Jacob Was Prepared To Risk His Soul In Confronting Esau’s Evil

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 01.31.2012 | Religion

Read More: Scripture Commentary, Judaism, Jewish Scripture, Parshat Toldot, Nonviolence, Good and Evil, Jacob and Esau, Toldot, Parshas Toldot, Pacifism, Religion News
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Our forefather Jacob taught us that only by challenging evil and standing up for what is good, can peace be brought to the world. If we can learn from these achievements of the past, then we are likely to repeat them.

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Anwar al-Awlaki: Eye For An Eye Or A Third Way?

Christian Piatt | Posted 12.11.2011 | Religion

Read More: Anwar Al Awlaki, Nonviolence, Al Qaida, Walter Wink, Jesus, Christianity, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Adolf Hitler, Christian, Pacifism, Al Quaeda, Al Qaeda, Religion News
Christian Piatt

If we believe that one life - perhaps even our own - is worth giving up for a change that brings hope to thousands or millions of others, then this third way begins to look like a path worth exploring.

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"Machine Gun Preacher" Poses Tough Questions

Christine A. Scheller | Posted 11.22.2011 | Religion

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Christine A. Scheller

And while Sam Childers doesn't condone violence, he asked me what I would want him to do if the child he was trying to save were mine?

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What Would Buddha Do About A Terrorist Attack?

BJ Gallagher | Posted 11.09.2011 | Religion

Read More: Terrorism, Afghanistan War, 9/11, Forgiveness, Buddha, Compassion, Al Qaeda, Iraq War, Gandhi, Afghanistan, Revenge, Buddhism, September 11 Anniversary, September 11th, Pacifism, Buddhist Ethics, Religion News
BJ Gallagher

Wise teachers throughout the ages have echoed Buddha's wisdom. These leaders have never taught weakness, but they have always taught love. And they have overcome greater foes than al Qaeda.

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President Obama On Terror: An Uncertain Trumpet

Ken Blackwell | Posted 10.18.2011 | Politics

Read More: Wild Blue, Third World America, Pacifism, Terrorism, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Ken Blackwell

Even when President Obama achieves a brilliant success, as he did last May, he is forced by his pacifist following to mute his message. His leadership has become an uncertain trumpet.

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Remembering Senator Mark Hatfield

Rev. Richard Cizik | Posted 10.08.2011 | Religion

Read More: Nuclear Weapons, Sen. Mark Hatfield, Christianity, Mark Hatfield Obituary, Mark Hatfield Dead, Pacifism, Nuclear Nonproliferation, Mark Hatfield, Evangelicals, Religion News
Rev. Richard Cizik

Today, the leaders of the "New Evangelicals" and millions of others in the wider evangelical family, remember and laud Hatfield's bi-partisan style, generosity of spirit, and the public-policy values he endorsed.

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How The Yoga Of Non-Injury Will Set You Free

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Read More: Kindness, Meditation, Yoga, Spirituality, Non-Injury, Harmlessness, Peace, Nonviolence, Ahimsa, Non-Violence, Pacifism, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

There is nothing that could be more significant, helpful, or honoring of human existence and decency than non-injury, known as ahimsa in yoga.

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Two Undeclared Wars Dr. King Would Have Disapproved Of

Lillian Daniel | Posted 05.28.2011 | Religion

Read More: Interfaith Worker Justice, Libya, Wisconsin, Martin Luther King, Pacifism, Sanitation Workers, Libya War, Labor Unions, Undeclared Wars, Mlk Libya, Religion News
Lillian Daniel

We are pushing forward into a troubled country, supplying weapons and bombing, all without a serious public conversation about the strategy, reason and not to mention the morality of this course of action.

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Give To Uncle Sam What Is Uncle Sam's: Tax Season War Resistance

Shane Claiborne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Taxes, Tax Day, Military Spending, April 15, Christianity, 1040 for Peace, Peace Church, Peace, War Protests, 1040, Military Budget, Jesus, Pacifism, Religion News
Shane Claiborne

Imagine what would happen if a massive popular movement of ordinary Americans decided to voice their concern about military spending -- by withholding $10.40 from their 1040 tax forms this year?

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The Peace Movement Today

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Nuclear Disarmament, Peace Movement, Peace Action, Nuclear Weapons, Antiwar Movement, Military Spending, Nuclear Abolition, United for Peace and Justice, Pacifism, Peace, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Lawrence Wittner

Recently, when commentators have bothered to notice the American peace movement, they have pronounced it dead. But this is far from the case. Adm...

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Gandhi in East Boston

Robert Kuttner | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Albert Einstein Institution, Boston, Martin Luther King, Zimbabwe, Albania, Gene Sharp, New York Times, Gandhi, Susan B. Anthony, Pacifism, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Egyptian Revolution, World News
Robert Kuttner

Of course Gene Sharp is a pacifist. Non-violent, passive resistance has been the whole point of his life's work. You might as well write that some people suspect Gandhi of being a pacifist.

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Should Christians Be Pacifists?

Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Medal of Honor, Bryan Fischer, Pacifism, Eugen Drewermann, American Family Association, Tertullian, Just War, Christian Pacifism, Religious War, Religion and Politics, Christianity, Religion News
Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge

Christianity is not a religion of pacifism, but neither is it a religion of "valor and gallantry in waging aggressive war in a just cause against the enemies of freedom while inflicting massive casualties in the process."

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Christian Support For Repealing DADT Is A Double-Edged Sword

Rose Marie Berger | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Christianity, Peace Activism, Rose Marie Berger, Iraq War, Christian Military Service, Conscientious Objection, Military Service, Dadt, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Military Religion, Pacifism, Afghanistan War, Religion News
Rose Marie Berger

I can support equal rights for gays in the military, but there's the bigger question: As a Christian should I be supporting military participation at all?

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Pacifist Boxer Refuses to Hit Opponents

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy

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Mark C. Miller

Evans came up with a unique approach to nonviolent boxing. "I developed my footwork and bobbing and weaving strategies so strongly that my opponents would exhaust themselves trying to hit me."

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Mighty Movie Podcast Interviews: The Square and The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Justice, Repression, Australia, Murder, Emotion, Sex, Drama, Suspense, Controversy, Tibet, Pacifism, Politics, Debut Feature, Off Beat, Tibet Protests, Freedom, Buddhism, China Tibet, Violence, The Square, International Politics, Film Noir, Dalai Lama, Activism, Death, Indie, China Human Rights, Independence, Religion, Nash Edgerton, Racism, Gritty, Religion and Politics, Documentary, The Sun Behind the Clouds, China, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

First up is an interview with Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam, the married directors of The Sun Behind the Clouds, a documentary about Tibet's struggle for independence.

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Death Be Not Proud: The Easter Gospel of Non-Violence

Shane Claiborne | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Gun Violence, Nonviolence, Easter, Jesus, Violence, War Protest, Good Friday, Pacifism, Peace, Anti-War, Crucifixion, Shane Claiborne, Shane Clayborne, Christianity, Shane Claiborne Huffington Post, Non-Violence, Religion News
Shane Claiborne

I am excited to be alive this Easter. I see a movement in the church that is once again looking at the non-violent Jesus with awe and wonder.

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Converting Evangelicals into Christians Would Benefit US Foreign Policy

Rob Asghar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion

Read More: Muslims, The Bible, Original Sin, Pacifism, Jesus Christ, Evangelical Christians, War, Religion News
Rob Asghar

If they claim to follow the "narrow path" that evangelicalism seeks to represent, they may want to stand up more boldly for what is singular within their faith tradition. It'll take courage.

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Holy Wars, Just Wars, and No Wars

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Read More: Peace Movement, Holy Wars, Pacifism, Barack Obama, War, World News
Deepak Chopra

There are three principles governing President Obama's foreign policy outlook: holy wars are always unjust, just wars exist, and peace is an ultimate goal.

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"Stones Into Schools": Greg Mortenson On His New Book

USA Today | Bob Minzesheimer | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Read More: Islam, Greg Mortenson, Muslims, Stones Into Schools, Education, Pakistan, Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson Stones Into Schools, New Books, Pacifism, Afghanistan, Books, Kidnapping, Books News

Greg Mortenson has written a sequel to his 2006 best seller, Three Cups of Tea, about his efforts in Pakistan. Mortenson, 51, who lives in Montana, sp...

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Helen Keller: Socialist and Pacifist

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

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Kenneth C. Davis

Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968 in Connecticut. Most of us learned about her childhood. But they didn't tell us she was a Socialist and a pacifist.

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Memorial Day: A History

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Dover Air Force Base, Memorial Day, American History, Mother's Day, Abraham Lincoln, Julia Ward Howe, Civil War, Pacifism, Peace, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

'Why don't the mothers of mankind interfere in these matters, to prevent the waste of that human life of which they alone bear and know the cost?'

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Towards a Miracle in the Middle East

Marianne Williamson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Peace in the Middle East, Gaza, War, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Israel, Peace, Pacifism, Politics News
Marianne Williamson

The greatest gift you can give to both is to realize that on a spiritual level, Israelis and Palestinians are one. Their only true reality is the reality of whom they are in this moment.

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Soft Power is Obama's Greatest Strength

Indra Adnan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Dialogue, Terrorists, Pakistan, Joseph Nye, New Administration, Violence, Obama, Iran, Media, Pacifism, Peace, Barack Obama, Fake News, Iraq War, Armistice Day, Smart Power, Activism, Dennis Kucinich, Soft Power, Non-Violence, Participation, Politics News
Indra Adnan

Perhaps all that is needed is a good role model for soft power: someone who seeks to engage rather than stand off, capable of dialogue not just debate.

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