What kind of communities do we need to make peace in a violent world? What does Christianity add to the practice of nonviolence? In this event, the authors of three important recent books on nonviolence and Christian peacebuilding come together to discuss the steady, unheralded, and often difficult work of becoming communities of peace and resistance, people with the virtues and skill sets necessary to create nonviolent uprisings in the face of violence. 

Our presenters are 

•    Gerald Schlabach, author of A Pilgrim People: Becoming a Catholic Peace Church, former director of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas, and current part-year resident of Guatemala

•    Janna Hunter-Bowman, author of Witnessing Peace: Becoming Agents under Duress in Colombia and director of Peace Studies at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, where she is also associate professor of peace studies and Christian social ethics

•    David C. Cramer, co-author of A Field Guide to Christian Nonviolence: Key Thinkers, Activists, and Movements for the Gospel of Peace and managing editor at the Institute of Mennonite Studies at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary