Category: Biographical Stories

Irena Sendler (1910-2008)

Irena Sendler was a Polish Catholic woman and member of the Żegota resistance who smuggled children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.

E. Stanley Jones

(1884-1973) Peace is a by-product of conditions out of which peace naturally comes. —E. Stanley Jones A Christian missionary evangelist as an interfaith hero? A man who held open-air evangelistic meetings with thousands of people in a predominantly non-Christian country, called the “Billy Graham of India,” as a role model in learning from other faiths?… Read more »

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

Thomas Merton was a Christian Trappist monk, mystic, writer, and social activist who became involved in interfaith exploration, developing deep friendships.

Evelyn Underhill

Peacemaker Daniel Buttry profiles mystic and pacifist Evelyn Underhill, the author of Mysticism and Worship and a prophetic influence to this day.

Haym Salomon (1740-1785)

Haym Salomon was a Jewish American financial broker who played a pivotal role in the American Revolution and early financial establishment of the U.S.