Here is a listing of all the posts that have appeared so far in the “My Peace I leave with you” series. At present I’ve posted all the entries I have recieved. I don’t think I’ll permanently close the series, as there are a few more people who still may be getting essays to me. Also, I’m always open to adding more entries from different traditions, so if that interests you, please contact me.
Here’s the list of entries that have appeared so far:
- The Restoration Movement by Thom Stark
- A Reformed Pacifism by Kim Fabricius
- The Baptist-Anabaptist Tradition by Michael Westmoreland-White
- An Evangelical Pacifism by D.W. Congdon
- A Free Church Pacifism by David Horstkoetter
- An Eastern Orthodox Pacifism by Daniel Greeson
My thanks to all the contibutors. I think it was a good series, and I look forward to it having a lingering life span.
I sincerely hope that Catholic, Methodist, Mennonite, Quaker, and Lutheran examples. I wouldn’t mind seeing an Orthodox contribution from someone who wasn’t so new to that Tradition. I’d also like to see a distinctively liberal Christian approach (we’ve had several from evangelical Christians, including me) and a specifically feminist approach. None of the examples have come from an Asian, African, Latin American or African-American tradition. Only Kim Fabricius wrote from outside the U.S. (and he grew up here) and he and I were the only contributors old enough that “the ’80s” weren’t ancient history, but part of our adult lifespan.
All of these essays have been fascinating, but we have a fairly narrow range of contributors. All white males born in the U.S. Most from North American evangelicalism. Most speak of beginning in the Republican Party (certainly not part of MY experience–as the son and grandson of union organizers!!) and being middle class. Several essays came from folks with more “para-church” identity than strong ecclesial formation.
So, it seems to me that there is DEFINITELY room for more diversity in the contributions.
I agree, we need different voices. I’m in the land of liberation theologies and liberalism, but I haven’t met any that would say they’re straight up pacifist, just really against the war. So I’m not sure who to tell about this.
I’d love to see Catholic, Anglican and Lutheran contributions to this series. I hope some will step forward.
I’d also like to read contributions from people who were raised pacifist. (I was myself, but I’m not really at the point where I could write an essay about it.)