Peace in the Face of War
THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES AND THEIR SPEARS INTO PRUNING HOOKS; NATION SHALL NOT LIFT SWORD AGAINST NATION NOR SHALL THEY LEARN WAR ANYMORE. (ISAIAH)
Journal of the Community of the Servants of the Will of God CONTENTS Father Superior’s Letter – Colin CSWG....................................................2 Introduction to Articles..................................................................................4 Questions of War and Peace in the Theology of Archimandrite Sophrony Sakharov (1896-1993) – Krastu Banev......................................................7 The Besieged: Spiritual Survival Under Extreme Circumstances ‒ Caroline Walton............................................13 War and Eschatology ‒ Nicholas Berdyaev.........................................20 Giving Peace a Chance ‒ Andrew White..................................................30 The Map on the Wall: Lessons from History Page ‒ Uri Avnery..........................................................41 Homily for Br John of the Cross CSWG – Colin CSWG.....................45 Homily for Fr Alex Brighouse, Postulant – Colin CSWG..............48 Review Article Not in God’s Name – by Jonathan Sacks ‒ Christopher Mark CSWG............................51 . To be included on the mailing list for Come to the Father which is sent out free, please send your name and address to father.peter@cswg.org.uk, or to the postal address on the back cover of this Journal. Bulk Orders £10 for 5 copies plus P & P; £15 for 10 copies plus P & P. We welcome donations to help with the cost of mailing each year. Advent 2016 No. 31
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- Page 7 and 8: Our Associate, Caroline Walton, pro
- Page 9 and 10: peace is easy. To the contrary, it
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- Page 29 and 30: Eschatological Creativity The disti
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- Page 33 and 34: one concerned with women, religion
- Page 35 and 36: the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Ro
- Page 37 and 38: embassies need to know how these pr
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- Page 41 and 42: need to ‘strengthen the moderate
- Page 43 and 44: Do not repay anyone evil for evil.
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- Page 47 and 48: Brother John of the Cross CSWG 6 Ap
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THEY SHALL BEAT<br />
THEIR SWORDS INTO<br />
PLOUGHSHARES AND<br />
THEIR SPEARS INTO<br />
PRUNING HOOKS;<br />
NATION SHALL NOT<br />
LIFT SWORD AGAINST<br />
NATION NOR SHALL<br />
THEY LEARN WAR<br />
ANYMORE.<br />
(ISAIAH)
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