Peacemaker and author Paul R. Dekar profiles Sir Jonathan Sacks, who just retired as Chief Rabbi of United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth.
Category: Interfaith
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.
Leymah Gbowee (b. 1972)
Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who led women in peaceful protest, leading to an end of the Liberian Civil War.
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273)
Rumi was a 13th Century Persian Muslim poet and mystic theologian. His poems are widely read in Central Asia and the Middle East and are popular in the US.
A.T. Ariyaratne
A.T. ARIYARATNE (born 1931) “We build the road — and the road builds us.” Ahangamage Tudor Ariyaratne, better known as A.T. Ariyaratne, stands the trickle-down approach on its head. He advocates for and practices “development from the bottom up.” Ariyaratne has an academic background, but he has put his beliefs into practice to… Read more »