a history of Christian peacemaker teams Kern, Kathleen 1962- creator author. text Electronic books. xx 2014 monographic eng 1 online resource. In 1984, Evangelicals for Social Action founder Ron Sider posed the question: ""What would happen if we in the Christian church developed a new non-violent peacekeeping force ready to move into violent conflicts and stand peacefully between warring parties. . . Everyone assumes that for the sake of peace it is moral and just for soldiers to get killed by the hundreds of thousands, even millions. Do we not have as much courage and faith as soldiers?"" Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) has been trying to answer those questions since 1986. CPT has responded to invitations from grassroots organiser. Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Preface; Prologue; 1. Before the Corps; 2. Haiti; 3. Urban Projects: DC, Richmond, and Cleveland; 4. Hebron, West Bank 1995-2000 ; 5. "Things Fall Apart"-The Al-Aqsa Intifada 2000-2006 ; 6. Other West Bank Projects; 7. Chiapas: "A Struggle of Peaceful Stings"; 8. "All My Relations": CPT's Work with Indigenous Communities ; 9. "Getting Out of the Way"-CPT's Continuing Work with Indigenous Communities ; 10 Colombia; 11. Iraq; 12. "A Great Hand of Solidarity": The CPT Hostage Crisis; 13. Short, Intermittent, and Stillborn Projects. 14. Twenty Years and CountingBibliography; About CPT; Back cover. Kathleen Kern. Christian Peacemaker Teams. Christian Peacemaker Teams. Peace Religious aspects Mennonites War Religious aspects Mennonites Nonviolence Religious aspects Christianity Christian Peacemaker Teams Nonviolence Religious aspects Christianity Peace Religious aspects Mennonites War Religious aspects Mennonites RELIGION Christian Life Social Issues RELIGION Christianity General Nonviolence Religious aspects Christianity Peace Religious aspects Mennonites War Religious aspects Mennonites BX8128.P4 261.873 Kern, Kathleen. Havertown : The Lutterworth Press, ©2014 9780718842925 0718842928 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=959996 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=959996 N$T 150302 20200709060335.0 ocn904249018 eng