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«The Struggle for Peace and Justice as a Context for Biblical Interpretation» in Religion and Society, Vol.

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In November of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November Eleventh as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words: «To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations...»

Around the same time, Quaker values such as peace, simplicity, integrity and justice, helped steer the Friends Fiduciary Corporation into established guidelines that avoided investing contrary to values and mission.

«The Church is as keen as ever to encourage wide debate and discussion on the issues which matter - social justice, poverty, education, peace.»

Also in circles such as the World Council of Churches, environmentalism was patched on to the quilt of peace and justice, and presented as a seamless garment of progressive commitment.

Unless it was meant for us as a new system to drop Republican systems for the Royalist systems that are taking place now that Jordan and Morocco both Royelists are planed to join GCC as one with a change to the name of the GCC since the Royalist empire will be extending to countries outer of the Arabian Gulf Countries... What ever it is all we need is freedom of rights, justice, peace, equality and to live in prosperity... Egypt is not in the heart of Egyptions only but as well in the heart of every Arabic nation, Egyptions were our teachers in our schools and Egypt was the university of our Yemeni students... Egypt was the source of islamic educations, Egypt was the face of all arts, books, papers, TV plays and movies to all of Arabian speaking countries... Egypt is our Arabian Icon so please please other nations are becoming larger and stronger in the area on your account as a living icon for the Arabian Unity what ever our faiths or beliefs are we are brothers in blood, culture and language, God Bless to All.Amen.

I and others of like mind criticized the drug culture and related antics as a self - indulgent distraction from the goals of racial justice and peace, and worried that the new enthusiasm for «ecological consciousness» was in fact a conservative ploy designed to turn the movement away from the cause of the poor.

Here you are putting the blame on al Islamic branches for one Islamic branch although the as branches contradict each other and they are always in disputes among them and that's was the reason they became branches rather than one Islam so really it is not fear to hold all at guilt for one misbehave or abuse... nor it is fair to address the whole Islam belief, Quran and Prophet of God for the fault of ones or few that are not in the right track of Islam being the religion of peace and justice to mankind..

StanPark, Joseph Smith was arrested and brought up on charges as a «glass looker» by a justice of the peace in Bainbridge, New York, on March 20, 1826.

There are other religious and spiritual traditions, that hold the vision of the future as justice and peace in Asia.

Is 2:4 The prophets certainly see the Messiah as bringing a time of justice and peace.

Whitehead proposed five cultural aims as the measure of civilized life: Truth, Beauty, Art, Adventure, and Peace.14 As we would say in Spanish, Justice shines by its absencas the measure of civilized life: Truth, Beauty, Art, Adventure, and Peace.14 As we would say in Spanish, Justice shines by its absencAs we would say in Spanish, Justice shines by its absence.

But as Michelle quoted above, the pain and suffering of this world will eventually give way to the New Creation in Christ and then peace and justice will reign.

Such terms as «justice,» «peace,» «reform,» and «deference» belong at this level.

The metaphor of moving a mountain as it relates to doing the work of peace - making and justice - seeking since my first visit to Haiti crops up often in my life and work — in fact, I ended up dedicating an entire chapter of my book to this beautiful idea).

In Philippians Paul defines excellence in terms of justice, honor, truth, purity and graciousness (4:8) He suggests that these virtues, as the «soul» of excellence, yield the peace of God for humankind.

During his visit in 1982, Blessed Pope John Paul II referred to Great Britain as having an «exalted destiny in justice and in peace», and I believe we have clung to this sense from our earliest times.

One of the most poignant experiences for young people growing up in our society is to espouse some cause such as civil rights or world peace — a cause they learned to love in their home or church — and then find that their parents are opposed to overt action on behalf of social justice.

But as much as John Paul appreciated the United States, he kept his independence and issued a series of declarations about social justice and peace that challenged many Americans — both on the domestic front and in foreign affairs.

The liberty, peace, and justice for which we strive in our worldly existence may be seen as parables of the kingdom.

As you said Jeremy, «God's main concerns are justice, compassion, grace, mercy, generosity, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self - control.»

They did not, however, see a need to absolutize anything in the Bible as a final standard of judgement, even what Sölle calls the gospel's «nonderivable promise and the demand for peace, freedom, and justice for all people».5 The test of our present judgements is not their conformation to any Christian absolute but rather whether they have developed responsibly through Christian history.

To distinguish, as Christians must, eternal peace from earthly peace, eternal salvation from this - worldly liberation, social justice from the righteousness of faith does not diminish or discredit the temporal social - historical dimensions of what is true and good and beautiful.

Our actions to promote peace, justice, and liberation are not on the same plane as the qualitatively other kingdom which God has brought from beyond our world of possibilities through Jesus Christ.

We spoke of how grateful we were to be learning with our theological «elders» that the sacred spirit of life can be experienced as the power moving us in the making of justice with compassion and of peace with justice.

We should act so as to contribute to justice and peace.

So long as both parties observed the rights and duties of this compact there would be peace, harmony, justice, and security.

This suggests that the first 6,000 years of the world's existence have been given to mankind, to do as he pleases, and following this there will be 1,000 years when Jesus Christ will rule, and instead of the chaos and injustice of man's rule there will be justice and peace.

And yet, as for Jesus himself — his core values of peace, his core teachings of social justice, his core commandments of goodwill — most Evangelicals seem to have nothing but disdain.»

As an apostle of peace, Paul VI traveled to New York in 1965 to address the General Assembly of the United Nations, reminding it of its mission of reconciliation and justice toward all.

During his short three - year tenure as archbishop, Romero became the conscience of El Salvador, broadcasting weekly — except when jammings or bombings prevented him — his simple yet eloquent gospel - based homilies calling for justice, peace and freedom.

As a beckoning toward justice, peace, and respect for the integrity of creation, God requires our response for a fulfillment of her aims.

Most of these winds led Israel to expect a Messiah who would overthrow Rome through military conquest and set Israel up as the nation that ruled the world in peace and justice.

But in their tenth anniversary «reflection» on the «83 pastoral, The Harvest of Justice Is Sown in Peace, a new topic appears: «the forceful, direct intervention by one or more states for essentially humanitarian purposes,» such as alleviating «internal chaos, repression and widespread loss of life.»

Historically, the theory was, as articulated by Zacharias Ursinus, that «the Church... looks to the reformation and salvation of the offender; the magistrate to the execution of justice and the public peace.»

The ecumenical movement articulated as social middle axiom the idea of free society, the idea of responsible society, and the idea of just, participatory, and sustainable society, and then the idea of justice, peace and integrity of creation throughout its recent history.

Traditional Catholic thinking about international relations was based on an older understanding of and appreciation for individual political communities as the loci within which a social order embodying justice in all its aspects might be established and maintained, thereby securing peace as the tranquillity of that just order.

His three conditions necessary for a just resort to force — sovereign authority, just cause, and right intention — correspond directly to the three goods of the political community as defined in Augustinian political theory: order, justice, and peace.

The biblical prophets, who spoke out for peace and justice, are often cited as sources of strength and hope.

Insofar as the need for defense provides just cause for public use of the sword, it comes from the responsibility of government to protect order, justice, and peace, not simply from the right to respond to an attacker in kind.

Recently as I was sitting in church listening to a rather good sermon on the importance of «working for justice and peace.»

The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real - life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.

If political life itself is a struggle with reality, interpretation, appraisal, and appreciation of values, as I believe it is, and if truth is the connection between reality and interpretation, then the problematic nature of truth lies at the center of our time's travails with distributive justice, with the balance of nature, and with peace.

Join the movement for God's peace and justice - and God will give you eternal life as a gift!

It means that only as we recognize that God is a God above all tribal deities, a God above all national interests, a God who is the Father of all men and who loves the people of all nations as his children, only so can God lead us in the way of peace and justice.

«Do you promise, with the help of God's grace, to be Christ's disciple, to follow in the way of Jesus, to resist oppression, to work for justice and peace, and to witness to the compassionate love of God as best you are able?»

I would go so far as to suggest that the capacity to celebrate sexuality is linked inextricably with the capacity to court peace, instead of war; justice, instead of oppression; life, instead of hunger, torture, fear, crime, and death.

«If the image of God and the law of God were completely obliterated from man's soul by sin, if no «faint outlines» of the original remained, men would have no conception of justice, righteousness, or peace to use as the foundation of the human standards of equity.

Looking at this side of the ambiguity, we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations; a church that accepts various perquisites from that state as its due; a church where changing jobs for the sake of peace and justice is seldom considered; a church that constantly speaks in the language of war; a church given to eloquent invective in its internal disputes and against outside opponents; a church quite sure that God will punish the wicked.

Bless the merciful as they carry our own burdens with us, and we can not know how low they are bowed with the grief of the whole world groaning for justice and peace.