“How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear.” During the ceremony to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, Shirin Ebadi did a simple thing… Read more »
Category: Women
TERESITA “GING” QUINTOS-DELES
“It was the task of the citizens’ peace movement to pick up the pieces and continue and steer the peace process.” As I worked with Asian-Pacific leaders to plan a conference on conflict resolution, Filipino members of our planning team insisted that we call on “Ging,” the popular nickname for Teresita Quintos-Deles. We invited her… Read more »
DOROTHY DAY (1897-1980)
“We will not be drilled into fear. We do not have faith in God if we depend upon the Atom Bomb.” Dorothy Day was once a Communist who became a leading voice for radical nonviolent Christianity in the United States. She lived a life of voluntary poverty, cared for the homeless, and published The Catholic… Read more »
KAREN ARMSTRONG
One of the authors who has advanced the cause of interfaith understanding through their works is Karen Armstrong. She has written scholarly books in such a readable way that a broader public can access them. Armstrong’s journey took her from the convent to the university to global media, and from faith to unbelief to a… Read more »
Hildegard Goss-Mayr and Jean Goss (b.1930) (1912-1991)
Hildegard Goss-Mayr & Jean Goss left a lasting imprint on peace training in their process for developing strategies & their methods of teaching nonviolence.