Category: Christianity

Lady Deborah Moody

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Global peacemaker and author Daniel Buttry profiles Lady Deborah Moody, who founded her own community in the 17th century to enjoy religious freedom.

Howard Thurman

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Daniel Buttry profiles the great mystic, author, and pastor Howard Thurman, highlighting the long-term influence Thurman had on the peace movement. This profile comes from Dan’s Book, “Interfaith Heroes.”

St. Hugh of Lincoln

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Peacemaker Daniel Buttry profiles the 12th Century St Hugh of Lincoln, who showed rare courage in defending Jewish men and women against deadly persecution.

Joseph Brodsky

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Journalist David Crumm, Editor of ReadTheSpirit online magazine, writes about the Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodsky as an interfaith peacemaker.

Sarah & Angelina Grimké (1792-1873 & 1805-1879)

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Sarah and Angelina Grimke were American abolitionist sisters who fought to advance the causes of interfaith tolerance, women’s rights and ending slavery.