Peacemaker Daniel Buttry profiles the 12th Century St Hugh of Lincoln, who showed rare courage in defending Jewish men and women against deadly persecution.
Category: Christianity
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.
Patricia Smith Melton
(b. 1942) Hope is based as much in stubbornness as it is in dreams. Don’t let anyone take it away from you. —Patricia Smith Melton In January 2002, six women gathered for a three-day forum on the topic: “What is peace, and how can women be empowered to bring it in?” The women were from… Read more »