Overcoming Violence in Asia: The Role of the Church in Seeking Cultures of Peace Paperback – Illustrated, 15 July 2011
by Donald Eugene Miller (Author)
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These chapters are rooted in a World Council of Churches conference of Historic Peace Churches in Asia that took place in Solo, Indonesia. There, as part of the WCC's Decade to Overcome Violence, Asian Christians engaged interfaith diversity, violence, and radical pluralism in Asia.
Konrad Raiser, World Council of Churches General Secretary, 1992-2003, observes in the Foreword that "This volume is another example of the very creative contribution that the Historic Peace Churches are continuing to make to the ecumenical search for reconciliation and peace. For teachers and students engaged in developing a new approach to an ecumenical ethics of peace and for those committed to overcoming violence in their local context, the book provides valuable insights and welcome encouragement." Ruthann Knechel Johansen, President, Bethany Theological Seminary, says that "Courageous and imaginative contributors from Indonesia, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, and Australia prophetically and poetically call people of all religious faiths to listen to voices from the margins of the world's societies, to embrace with wonder and gratitude the rich diversity of human cultures and religious pluralism, and to work tirelessly and joyfully for God's shalom, salam, and peace with justice throughout the earth."
Fernando Enns, VU University Amsterdam, Chair for Theology and Ethics, Faculty of Theology, points out that "Historic Peace Churches--Mennonites, Church of the Brethren, and Society of Friends--have kept alive the witness for peace with justice within the global ecumenical familiy of churches, not only during the past Decade to Overcome Violence. This volume presents another strong contribution to the ongoing search for a credible and faithful Christian presence in the midst of religious pluralism, in face of religious radicalism and the violence of poverty."
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Overcoming violence in asia: the role of the church in seeking cultures of peace
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Author: Getuiza Mondez
Date: Oct. 2014
From: Mennonite Quarterly Review(Vol. 88, Issue 4)
Publisher: Mennonite Historical Society
Document Type: Article
Length: 797 words
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Overcoming Violence in Asia: The Role of the Church in Seeking Cultures of Peace. Donald E. Miller, Gerard Guiton, and Paulus S. Widjaja, eds. Telford, Pa.: Cascadia Publishing House; Geneva: World Council of Churches. 2011. Pp. 292. $23.95.
Growing up in a Mennonite church in the Philippines, I had an early exposure to a peace perspective as I reacted to the violent political and economic setting of my country. There has been so much violence experienced by the Filipino people who live with deep poverty and injustice, and yet the responses to try to end poverty and injustice have also been, sadly, violent. Despite their modest presence in the country, Mennonites have advocated the peace theology among various church denominations and religious and political groups, whether Christian, Muslim, or Anarchist, to try to respond to violence in a more peaceful way.
Most religions in the world, including Christianity, started in Asia. But it is surprising that most Christian churches in Asia are highly influenced by the Western worldview. This book discusses perspectives of historical peace church leaders across Asia who are seeking their own definitions of peace and are on their journey to overcoming the violence that is so...
