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Nonviolence and Peace

SojoAction: Nonviolence and Peace

Blessed are those who make peace. Since Sojourners began in 1971, we have emphasized nonviolence, peace, and restorative justice to build up the reign of God. From early protest against the Vietnam War and anti-torture campaigns to addressing today’s issues of drone warfare, mass shootings, non-state armed conflicts, and nuclear weapons, our commitment to peacemaking and in-depth exploration into nonviolent responses to violence remains firm.

We are working toward a world like the prophet Isaiah envisioned — where swords are turned into plowshares and nations study war no more.

Nonviolence and Peace
Resources

Our Work

This resource is a collection of tips, articles, books, prayers, and scripture to begin the journey of processing global events, conflict, and crisis with children in your life in developmentally appropriate ways.
The world systematically devalues Black life, turns Black life into death-bound life, and it is our task — as justice seekers and as Christians — to embrace Black resurrection. by Vincent W. Lloyd
Atlanta's police department plans to construct a massive training facility for its force by razing a forest, and Georgians ain't having it.
John Noltner interviews Sojourners' senior editor Rose Marie Berger on nonviolence and the war in Ukraine.
Elaine Enns and Ched Myers interview Sojourners' senior editor Rose Marie Berger on her return from the first international interfaith peace delegation to Kyiv, Ukraine, since the start of the Russian military invasion in February 2022.
...and other questions about Jesus' most controversial teachings.
Time for a new paradigm in Palestine/Israel? Why settlements have made a two-state solution impossible.
Around the world, visual artists are transforming objects "created for evil" into works of beauty and power.
Why our faith delegation went to Ukraine to pray for peace.
Nonviolence and Peace
Latest Stories
  • Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, issued an urgent call for a ceasefire in the U.S. and Israeli war with Iran during prayers before tens of thousands gathered on St Peter’s Square in Rome on Sunday.

    “In the name of the Christians of the Middle East and of all women and men of goodwill: Cease the fire! Let paths of dialogue be reopened,” the pontiff was quoted as saying by the Vatican’s news website.

    by Christoph Sator, DPA
  • The violence Trump has unleashed in Iran ignores what the prophets teach: War is more effective at creating orphans and widows than in delivering justice and peace.
    by Tyler Huckabee
  • It is time to call such characterizations of God what they are: not just bad theology, but the creation of an entirely different deity.
    by Michael Woolf