More Online Resources
Many denominations have justice and peace committees with justice and peace education materials such as the following:
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- Church of the Brethren,”On Earth Peace”
- Episcopal Peace Fellowship
- Lutheran Peace Fellowship
- The Civilian Public Service Story from the WWII Era: This site tells the story of nearly 12,000 conscientious objectors to war who chose Civilian Public Service in World War II. Half of the 12,000 were from the historic peace churches. The other half came from other denominations, showing that the CO commitment was shared more broadly than commonly believed. At the heart of the site rest the names of those men, the communities from which they entered, and the camps in which they served. This link provides other information as well, including the effort to clear cluster bombs in Laos. civilianpublicservice.org/storycontinues
- JustFaith Ministries
- War Resisters International Handbook for Nonviolent Campaigns
- Pennies for Peace Toolkit Materials & Curriculum
- People Building Peace Awareness Raising Toolkit
- Youth Noise
Other Educational Resources
- A review of Dr. Hughes’ book, Christian America and the Kingdom of God
- Article – Drop Your Weapons by Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. StephanExcellent and informative article about the success of nonviolent resistance movements in the world.
“Between 1900 and 2006, campaigns of nonviolent resistance against authoritarian regimes were twice as likely to succeed as violent movements. Nonviolent resistance also increased the chances that the overthrow of a dictatorship would lead to peace and democratic rule.” By Erica Chenoweth and Maria J. Stephan