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: North America
Vern Barnet
An Interfaith Peacemakers Month profile of the Unitarian Universalist leader Vern Barnet, written by Kansas City-area interfaith activist Rick Olson.
Imam Abdullah Antepli
Musician, peacemaker and speaker David LaMotte profiles Imam Abdullah Antepi, the Muslim Chaplain at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
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.
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 »