In harm's way : a history of Christian peacemaker teams /

In 1984, Evangelicals for Social Action founder Ron Sider posed the question: ""What would happen if we in the Christian church developed a new non-violent peacekeeping force ready to move into violent conflicts and stand peacefully between warring parties. . . Everyone assumes that for th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kern, Kathleen, 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC, [2014]
Subjects:
Christian Peacemaker Teams.
Peace > Religious aspects > Mennonites.
War > Religious aspects > Mennonites.
Nonviolence > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Paix > Aspect religieux > Mennonites.
Guerre > Aspect religieux > Mennonites.
RELIGION > Christian Life > Social Issues.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Preface; Prologue; 1. Before the Corps; 2. Haiti; 3. Urban Projects: DC, Richmond, and Cleveland; 4. Hebron, West Bank 1995-2000 ; 5. "Things Fall Apart"-The Al-Aqsa Intifada 2000-2006 ; 6. Other West Bank Projects; 7. Chiapas: "A Struggle of Peaceful Stings"; 8. "All My Relations": CPT's Work with Indigenous Communities ; 9. "Getting Out of the Way"-CPT's Continuing Work with Indigenous Communities ; 10 Colombia; 11. Iraq; 12. "A Great Hand of Solidarity": The CPT Hostage Crisis; 13. Short, Intermittent, and Stillborn Projects.
  • 14. Twenty Years and CountingBibliography; About CPT; Back cover.

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