[Peace-discuss] RE: The Christmas He Dreamed for All of Us

[Morton K. Brussel]

Right on, Carl. We ought to be able to get some folks on the faculty  
(e.g., McKim?) to help in organizing a forum on the issues of  
Morality and War within "the" Church? or some related gotcha title.  
Or this could be the topic of an AWARE Presents program (possibly at  
the U. library). Or it could be at the Y. Maybe there should be a  
whole series of talks at the Y on the topic. There ought to be a lot  
of community interest.

--mkb

On Jan 4, 2006, at 2:00 AM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:

> There are those who apparently think that this topic shouldn't
> be broached at all, that it violates liberal notions of good
> order.  On the contrary, I think that we should follow the
> recommendations of Luke 12, etc.  Practically that might mean
> discussing it in our sad substitutes for the public square
> (C-U N-G, WILL, etc.), making it a focus for an AWARE Presents
> forum, or organizing some panels or discussions within the
> university.  (Robert McKim, an AWARE fellow-traveler and chair
> of the religious studies program at UIUC, has written about
> the silence of the churches in regard to this war.) --CGE
>
>
> ---- Original message ----
>> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 19:31:40 -0600
>> From: Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu>
>> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] RE: The Christmas He Dreamed for
> All of Us
>> To: Peace-discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
>> ...
>> Having a dialogue with the mainstream Christian community is
>> a tough question. If anyone has suggestions, please offer
>> them.
>>
>> It has been suggested that we contact a minister or the
>> leaders of the church. Contacting these people when they are
>> not interested in what you have to say is the first obstacle.
>> The second obstacle is that the ministers are not the
>> congregation, nor are they necessarily the gate to the
>> congregation. So even if we succeed in having a conversation
>> with a minister, there is still no contact with members of
>> the church who might be interested in discussing the
>> situation in Iraq.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> -karen medina
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