Resources
email resource
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To be included on the NVRT e-mail
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commentary, events, and worship aids devoted to
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FEATURED WEBSITE:
www.faithfulamerica.com
The web site of the
National Council of Churches containing national and international
news focus as well as resources on various NOW topics which can be
downloaded for congregational use,
including a wonderful resource on "Fundamentalism." One can also
be guided into taking action
on NOW topics.
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Websites
www.faithfulamerica.org: A site dedicated to a mature, thoughtful,
intelligent Christian interface between Holy Scripture and current
events. Faithful America is a helpful, competent response to the narrow
Christian Right.
www.grist.org Top environmental news from around
the globe. Recommended by Bill Moyers.
www.commondreams.org : News and views for the Progressive
Community. Outstanding journalism for truth seekers
in the spirit of Bill Moyers.
www.peacemakersguide.org
An excellent educational resource for brief biographies of peacemakers,
pertinent free e-books, and a weekly calendar of historical nonviolent
peace events and peace people.
www.peacemakersguide.org: An excellent educational resource for
brief biographies of peacemakers, pertinent
free e-books, and a weekly calendar of significant historical nonviolent
peace events and peace people.
www.justpeace.org A site dedicated to
Roman Catholic social justice teachings.
www.rmselca.org Click on Church in Society
and Non-Violence Resource Team for information and resources.
www.soulforce.org: A site dedicated to freedom for lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people from religious and political oppression
through the practice of relentless nonviolent resistance.
www.goodsoil.org: A site to promote full participation for sexual
minority people in the ELCA.
www.elca.org Click on the Church in Society
ikon for a number of links to information and position papers on many issues.
www.parentingwithsoul.com A helpful resource about creative and
caring parenting.
www.iraqbodycount.com Dedicated to counting the human toll and
cost of the Iraq War.
www.tikkun.org Evolving out of Jewish roots, the word TIKKUN
means “to mend, repair and transform the world.”
Dedicated to social change, ecological, world peace and inner healing.
www.awolbush.com A site dedicated to exposing the truth about
President Bush’s Texas Air National Guard “service.”
www.people-press.org
The site of the
Pew Research Center which
provides statistical data on various topics and issues.
www.lionlamb.org Dedicated to
the study and elimination of violence in the media
www.speakingoffaith.org.
Dedicated to faith and life interface of the pressing issues of our
time. The highest quality discussion of people like Reinhold Niebuhr
and Karen Armstrong, and topics like “The Religious Roots of American
Democracy” to homosexuality to economics. Mind opening, faith
opening, ethical opening! Programs are enerally one hour in length
with an opportunity for feedback and conversation.
www.pepm.org A witness for peace
between Israel and Palestine
www.lutheranpeace.org: The national Lutheran organization
dedicated to promoting Christ's vision for peace from a Lutheran
perspective.
www.moveon.org: A peace
organization geared to practical action.
www.nonviolence.org/lpf
Site with links to many organizations and groups committed to non-violence,
including the Lutheran Peace Fellowship.
www.bruderhof.org International
community based upon Jesus' Sermon on the Mount. Historical refusal to bear arms.
The BC envisions a society that takes aaway the occasion for war.
www.iona.org.uk The Iona Community is
located on an island off the coast of Scotland. It is an ecumenical community
dedicated to seeking new ways of living the Gospel in today's world.
www.Taize.fr Daily meditations, music,
commentary and information from the Taize' Community in France.
www.sojourners.com A Christian magazine
and community dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolence. Its founder is James
Wallis.
www.theotherside.org A Christian
magazine and community dedicated to peace, justice and nonviolence.
www.paxchristiusa.org Site of the National
Catholic Peace Movement.
www.mcc.org Mennonite Central Committee with
links to Mennonite peace ministry. The Mennonites have a long history of commitment
to nonviolence.
www.ecapc.org Every Church a Peace Church.
An organization committed to nonviolent direct action.
www.cdi.org Center for Defense Information.
Up to date information and discussion on weapons systems from an inside perspective
of military folks. The writers discuss what is necessary and what is waste.
www.soaw.org School of the Americas Watch.
Keep up to date on actions to address the activities of the SOA and efforts to shut
it down. The SOA is located at Ft. Benning, Georgia and is used as a training base
for Central American police and military. They are taught how to torture, quell
riots, assassinate and keep people under control.
www.afsc.org American Friends Service
Committee. A Quaker organization dedicated to nonviolence.
www.forusa.org Fellowship of
Reconciliation. Dedicated to enabling and teaching nonviolent methods for
reconciliation.
www.psr.org Physicians for Social
Responsibility. Dedicated to ending the nuclear threat and to teaching nonviolence.
www.ucsusa.org Union of Concerned
Scientists. Dedicated to ending nuclear proliferation and halting the development of
the Theater Missile Defense System.
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
Dedicated to the elimination of the death penalty.
www.amnesty.org Amnesty International
site. Dedicated to the release of prisoners of conscience.
www.csis.org Center for Strategic and
International Studies. Dedicated to providing well researched information for the
purpose of helping readers understand world events.
www.findarticles.com A fantastic
resource for almost any topic imaginable. Well thought out papers from every
perspective by articulate writers.
www.askjeeves.com Another excellent
source of information on any topic imaginable.
www.fee.org Libertarian discussion of economic
policy and the proper role of government.
www.csmonitor.com Christian Science
Monitor. Perceptive articles on national and international affairs.
www.holdenvillage.org Meditations
and resources from the high country in Washington.
www.ipj-ppj.org Institute for Peace and
Justice with a special focus on youth and family peace education.
www.medialit.org Center for Media
Literacy. Videos and discussion helps for parents and young people on media
violence.
www.prospect.org Dedicated to in-depth analysis of American
politics. Very well-written.
www.motherjones.com A magazine dedicated to investigative
reporting and the discovery of what is not being said by our leaders
or reported by the national press.
www.paxfund.com
Information on investment opportunities in socially responsible
funds. Pax World Funds does not invest in companies that manufacture
weapons.
www.informationclearinghouse.info: An independent information
source which purports to publish "information CNN and FOX refuse to
cover." Excellent source of information from "the other side."
www.zmag.org:
Information from another perspective, intended to broaden
perspectives on world and national events. Excellent quality of
writing.
www.truthout.com: A site
which speaks a truth that the mainline sites and press often ignore.
www.bradycampaign.org: An
independent source of information on gun violence.
www.gristmagazine.com Gloom and doom with a sense of humor!
www.democracynow.org: An outstanding independent media
source with excellent journalism, quite free of Left-Right bias. The
leader of DN is Amy Goodman.
Timely Issues
"Youth and Militarism"
Many of our young are at a time when many are deciding on life
commitments beyond high school. The military is one choice many will
consider. In order to assist youth in making this major life choice,
the NVRT recommends the following sites for study and prayer:
www.paxchristi.org/programs/campaigns
PC provides an excellent discussion of conscientious objection and
directions about how to apply.
www.afsc.org/YouthandMilitarism
The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization with a
long and illustrious history of peace and nonviolence. Their section
on youth and militarism deals with questions about what military life
is really like. militarism in schools, and conscientious objection.
Action - How?
As Christians we are set free by Jesus' blood and resurrection to ne
"imitators" of Jesus in the world. How can we do this? Pax Christi has
put together specific strategies on how to deal with the media, how to
write letters to the newspaper, how to write to an elected official,
and MORE! Study and learn from this excellent resource:
www.paxchristi.org/actnow
Non-Violence Curriculum Resources
Prepared by Andrea Langland
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Educating for Peace and Justice: Religious Dimensions K-6. Manual of
eight units appropriate for Sunday or Vacation Bible School programs, by James McGinnis,
Institute for Peace and Justice (E-Mail: ipj@ipj-ppj.org,
Website: www.ipj-ppj.org)
Families Living the Pledge of Nonviolence. 20 great family activities.
For a free copy of this booklet call ELCA Resource Information Services at
1-800-638-3522.
Families Creating Circles of Peace from the Families Against Violence Network,
family booklet, church kit.
Kids Creating Circles of of Peace by Anne Marie Witchger Hanson and Susan
Vogt, 36 page workbook of activities for kids K-5.
The Families and Kids "Circles" are available from the Institute for Peace
and Justice.
Peace Education for Young Children. a manual for preschool through grade
3. Available from the Evangelical Lutheran Education Association, 1-800-500-7644,
e-mail: ELEANational@cs.com
Adult Groups
For Peace of the Whole World: Five Bible Studies for Just Peacemaking, ELCA.
Available from Augsburg Fortress, 1-800-328-4648
From Violence to Wholeness, a 10 part program in the spirituality and practice
of active nonviolence. Available from the Pace e Bene Franciscan Nonviolence Center,
1420 West Bartlett Street, Las Vegas, NV 89106. e-mail: fvtw@aol.com
Lutheran Supplement to From Violence to Wholeness, 50 pp. Available from
Lutheran Peace Fellowship, 1710 11th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. Phone: 206-720-0313.
E-mail: lpf@ecunet.org
Youth
Challenging Violence in the Media, Center for Media Literacy, videos and
discussion helps for parents and young people on mefia violence. Phone:
1-800-226-9494. website: www.medialit.org
Help Increase the Peace (HIP). From the American Friends
Service Committee. Dynamic, highly participastory training program to learn
nonviolent skills. Phone: 410-323-7200.
For more information on youth leader nonviolence training workshops contact Kate Reuer,
LPF Youth Trainer, 206-720-0313, or LPFyouth@yahoo.org
Thank you, Andrea!
Book Resources
Raising Nonviolent Children in a Violent World by Dr. Michael Obsatz, Augsburg
Fortress.
Real Boys by Dr. William Pollack, Owl Books
Boy Will be Boys by Myriam Miedzian, Anchor Books
Lost Boys by Dr. James Garbarino, The Free Press
On Killing by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Back Bay Books
Enemies and How to Love Them by Gerard Vanderhaar, Twenty-Third Publications
Non-Violence by Ronald Sider, Word Books
Our God is Nonviolent by John Dear, The Pilgrim Press
The Nonviolent Coming of God by James W. Douglass, Orbis Books
Christian Pacifism by Michael Snow, Friends United Press
The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Parts One, Two, Three by Gene Sharp, Porter
Sargent Books
Peacemaking: Day by Day by Pax Christi
The Essential Gandhi, edited by Louis Fischer, Vintage Books
The Kingdom of God is Within You by Leo Tolstoy, Bison Books
Nonviolence in Theory and Practice by Robert L. Holmes, Wadsworth Publishing
Company
The Nonviolent Revolution by Nathanial Altman, Element Books
The Words of Desmond Tutu, selected and introduced by Naomi Tutu, Newmarket
Press
Beyond Guilt and Powerlessness by George Johnson
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited
by James M. Washington, Harper and Row Publishers
Lest Innocent Blood be Shed by Philip Hallie, Harper Torchbooks (The story of Le
Chambon, France during World War II)
DVD-Video Resources
The following resources are available for free use. Contact
Kathy@oslc.org
"A Force More Powerful"-DVD
The outstanding six-part PBS Series on the effectiveness of nonviolence
in six different contexts:
American Civil Rights Movement
India and Gandhi
Poland and Lech Walesa
South Africa
Chile
Denmark and the Nazis
OUTSTANDING FOR ADULT , HIGH SCHOOL, AND CONFIRMATION
"Weapons of the Spirit"-VHS
The inspiring story of a French village in WWII, when Protestants and
Catholics cooperated to save the lives of
over 5,000 Jews.
EXCELLENT FOR CONFIRMATION, HIGH SCHOOL, AND ADULTS
"The System Belongs to God"-VHS
A seven part series featuring Dr. Walter Wink focusing on the
nonviolence of the Reign of God
and transforming culture.
1. "The Way Things Are"
2. "God Won'y Give Up"
3. "What Jesus Really Said"
4. "How to Fight Without Hitting"
5. "What if Nations Had Angels?"
6. "How You See the World"
7. "Praying for the Big Picture"
EXCELLENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULTS
"A View from the Underside: The Legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer"-DVD
A dramatic presentation by Rev. Al Staggs of many personal and
theological highpoints of
the life, ministry, and witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
HIGH SCHOOL AND ADULTS
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