Topic: War and Peace
Read more of Judy Valente’s interview about Thomas Merton with Paul Pearson, director and archivist at Bellarmine University’s Thomas Merton Center in Louisville, Kentucky. Q: What would you say is the essence of Thomas Merton’s spirituality? A: The essence of … More
by Lorrie Goldensohn In A FAREWELL TO ARMS, Ernest Hemingway famously wrote about the dim possibility of adequate commemoration for those lost in the slaughter of World War I: “I had seen nothing sacred, and the things that were glorious … More
Heidi Litle, an American Baptist living with her family in Haifa, describes losing her 14-year-old daughter in a suicide bombing in 2003 and how that affects her view of the peace process.
Eliyahu McLean of Jerusalem Peacemakers helps organize a movement called the Abrahamic Reunion, which tries to build friendships among Muslims, Christians, and Jews. He says relationships are moving forward, even if the peace process has been stalled.
Elana Rozenman, executive director of a grassroots group called Trust-Emun, is also part of the Abrahamic Reunion movement. She says there are many challenges to building trust, but peace cannot come without it.
[MYPLAYLIST=19] KIM LAWTON: From the moment he arrived in Israel, Pope Benedict XVI made peace his central theme. Benedict said over and over again that this was a spiritual pilgrimage, not a political mission. Yet he couldn’t avoid the complicated … More
Watch more of R & E’s interview with Rabbi David Rosen of the American Jewish Committee about Middle East peace, and the role the leaders of the major faiths should play in facilitating the peace process. More
Watch extended commentary from Kim Lawton on Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming visit to the Holy Land. More
Watch an excerpt of Saleh Ta-Amre, Governor of the Palestinian Authority Bethlehem District, discussing preparations for Pope Benedict XVI’s 2009 visit to the Holy Land. More
In the ongoing national debate about the morality of torture, the question is whether it is ever the lesser evil. Under certain circumstances, can torture be justified? Two ethicists, Shaun Casey and Jean Bethke Elshtain, discuss torture and its moral limits. More
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