Archbishop of Canterbury on human rights and faith

Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, spoke on faith, human rights and human dignity during a keynote presentation on February 28, 2012, at the World Council of Churches headquarter in Geneva.

A lifetime haunted by the bomb

Beyond the Mushroom Cloud: Commemoration, Religion and Responsibility after Hiroshima By Yuki Miyamoto. Published by Fordham University Press. Reviewed by Elizabeth McAlister.

The Other Face of God: When the Stranger Calls Us Home

"It's a long scriptural tradition and teaching that in welcoming the stranger we are blessed," said Mary Jo Leddy at the book launch. Published by Orbis Books, it is available in Canada from Novalis. Read the news story of the launch in the Catholic Register.

Living Justice: A Gospel Response to Poverty

This publication is “a resource for people interested in learning more about the situation of poverty in Canada, exploring the Christian call to respond, and searching for ways to engage and create change.” Available online.

The Violence of Peace: America’s Wars in the Age of Obama

by Stephen L. Carter. Reviewed by long-time peace activist Elizabeth McAlister: “I’m convinced that there has never been and never can be a just or an honourable war. ... When the aim is victory, victory becomes victory at any price, and the principles collapse.” Read the review.

Journey to the Common Good

In his most recent book, Walter Brueggemann sets out the biblical basis for economic justice in our time. Read the review by Pat Marrin.

Beatitudes for today

"The Beatitudes are so familiar to us that we can almost rattle them off without thinking of the depth and height and width of response they call out of us."  A reflection by Anne Taylor, GSIC

The Integrity of Creation and the Athabasca Oil Sands

Bishop Luc Buchard has written a Pastoral Letter setting out theological and ecological issues arising from the development of the Tar Sands.

Christian Meditation
Christian meditation, a form of contemplative prayer practiced and promoted by John Main, OSB, is no longer regarded as a call to “the few” but as a way for everyone in deepening one’s life with God.Reflection by Helen Dunnigan, gsic

The emerging landscape of spirituality
“We are in a time of immense change in our perception of the universe and of ourselves, and our old ways of relating to the Holy are inadequate.” Reflection by Anne Kathleen McLaughlin, gsic