church folks against war

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
>>In the United States and many other nations where the avowedly 
>>secular are a minority, many people of faith, clergy as well as lay 
>>persons, have been part of "the (broadly defined) left," especially 
>>when it comes to "peace and social justice" issues (gender and 
>>sexuality are another matter).  What is noteworthy at present is 
>>that even religious leaders normally outside of such "religious 
>>left" circles as the National Council of Churches are speaking up.
>
>Yup - "it's not just the usual left-leaning crowd." It's mainly the 
>evangelical right that's sticking up for holy war.
>
>Doug

What remains to be seen is whether, beyond issuing statements 
questioning the war, clergy and lay religious leaders opposed to the 
war on Iraq, both within and outside the traditional "religious 
left," can and will mobilize rank and file congregants to visible 
public actions, like prayer vigils, peace marches, sit-ins at offices 
of public officials, etc.
-- 
Yoshie

* Calendar of Events in Columbus: 
<http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html>
* Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html>
* Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/>
* Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>