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.”
Category: Christianity
St. Hugh of Lincoln
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
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)
Sarah and Angelina Grimke were American abolitionist sisters who fought to advance the causes of interfaith tolerance, women’s rights and ending slavery.
Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa & James Movel Wuye (both b. 1960)
Imam Muhammad Ashafa and pastor James Wuye once advocated inter-religious violence. They now work together, advocating religious coexistence in Nigeria.