October 2013 archive

THE HEART OF NONVIOLENT RADICAL TRANSFORMATION

Some evangelical leaders and pastors think that we, Christians, need to be the majority, through conversion and domain expansion, in order to change the world. That’s Christendom thinking–the mother of imperialism and colonialism done by Christianized empires like Constantine’s Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Great Britain, and now United States of America. This was never the …

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‘COFFEE FOR PEACE’ IS A MAJOR PARTNER OF THE 2013 DAVAO TRADE EXPO

17-19 October 2013, Davao City. Coffee for Peace (CFP) took the lead as the major partner of the 2013 Davao Trade Expo (DaTE 2013) for the coffee industry. The theme of the 15th DaTE was Empowering the Farmer: Engage. Enable. Excite. It is the biggest agribusiness expo in Mindanao and is spearheaded by the Davao …

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45 CHRISTIAN LEADERS IN ZAMBOANGA FINISHED BASIC PAR TRAINING

07-13 October 2013. Pastors, theological educators, civil society leaders, and mission executives finished the Peace and Reconciliation (PAR) training in Zamboanga City. They are part of the forty-five Christian leaders who requested PBCI PAR Seminar as part of their preparation and equipping for a united evangelical body who will seek to actively participate in the …

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THE ZAMBOANGA CRISIS: A CASE OF ‘SHOCK DOCTRINE’ APPLICATION?

The 2013 Zamboanga Crisis did not just happen. While the people were shocked by the seemingly uncontrolled war between the government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), we see some patterns at work that are similar to various disasters happening around the world. Those observable patterns can be referred to as manifestations of Shock …

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Permanent link to this article: https://waves.ca/2013/10/03/the-zamboanga-crisis-a-case-of-shock-doctrine-application/

OUR GLOBAL PEACE COMMUNITY

We are sent by Mennonite Church Canada Witness in partnership with our international community.