Just War or Just Peace? Making Peace not War with the People of IraqMarch 2, 2015 By Event Details Date: Wednesday, Apr 15th, 2015, 7:45 pm Venue: Abbey Chapter House Categories: Lecture, Scholar Presentation Tags: Iraq, peace, war Presented by Weldon Nisly Collegeville Institute Resident Scholar, Mennonite pastor, Peace Activist Jassim welcomes Weldon back to Iraq in 2010 Christians pray, “Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” in the prayer that Jesus taught, yet we persist with our earthly will to wage war. What if Just War is just war? What if God’s people were to imagine and invest in Just Peace as a paradigm shift from Just War? Few wars have so clearly challenged Just War theory with their disastrous consequences as the war in Iraq. Including photos and stories from three peace team “tours” he participated in during the war in Iraq, Weldon Nisly will propose Just Peace as a more faithful and effective way to transform conflict in our world than the tragedy of just war. Co-sponsored by Saint John’s Abbey. Watch a video of this lecture:
