Further Resources:
Not everything we find valuable fits in the OPF journal. Here is a selection of supplementary texts, some of them book length:
Texts
Orthodox Perspectives on Peace, War and Violence
Ecumenical Review / March 2011
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Post Traumatic Spiritual Disorder and the False History Syndrome
by Stephen Muse, Ph.D., B.C.E.T.S.
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The Diaconate in Liturgy and Life.
by Teva Regule Orthodox Peace Fellowship ConferenceBaltimore, MD 9/26-28/2008
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Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution in the Church
More
- Peace and Peacemaking as an Interfaith and Ecumenical Vocation: An Orthodox View by Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Clapsis
- Nonviolence and Peace Traditions in Early and Eastern Christianity by Fr. John McGuckin
- The Orthodox Church and Society — The Basis of the Social Concept of the Russian Orthodox Church
- Changing a society which has de-valued women and de-humanized the unborn — an exchange of letters with the Fellowship of Reconciliation on the issue of abortion
- Confronting Poverty and Stigmatization: An Eastern Orthodox Perspective — by Dr. John D. Jones
- The Diaconate in Liturgy and Life by Teva Regule
Lectures
- The Sacred Gift of Life — Lectures given at the OPF North American conference, June 2002
- Sacraments of Healing — Lectures by Bishop Kallistos given at an OPF retreat
- Peace Be With You: Living the Beatitudes in a Wounded World — Lectures given at OPF North America conference, June 2003
Letters/Statements
- Letter from Saint Paulinus of Nola: an appeal to a soldier to leave the military
- Orthodox Christians and Conscientious Objection by Jim Forest
- In Peace Let Us Pray To The Lord — an Orthodox Christian Approach to Peacemaking
- Peace in Orthodox Liturgy and Life by Philip Le Masters
- Iraq War– Orthodox responses
- Several statements, prayers and appeals of Patriarch Pavle
- The Kosovo Crisis — Statements from Orthodox bishops and various reports
- God Has Not Abandoned the World — Joint environmental statement of Patriarch Bartholomeos and Pope John Paul
- ‘Step Back from the Brink of War’: OPF’s Iran Appeal
- God Has Not Abandoned the World: Declaration on Environment Signed by Pope and Patriarch of Constantinople
- The Iraq Appeal
Links (besides these below many more can be found here)
- Saint Maria Skobtsova of Paris — Pages relating to the recently canonized saint and her co-workers
- Various other essays
- The Pacifist Option by Fr Alexander Webster
- Jim Forest’s lecture trips — Are you interested in him speaking at your parish, school or university?
