The Ethic of Traditional Communities and the Spirit of Healing Justice: Studies From Hollow Water, the Iona Community, and Plum Village by Jarem Sawatsky

Author:Jarem Sawatsky [Sawatsky, Jarem]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Criminology, Indigenous Peoples, Social Science, Peace, Political Science, Sociology, Law, General
ISBN: 9781843106876
Google: rQsQBQAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 6115877
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2009-01-01T08:37:22+00:00

Practises of healing justice in the Iona Community

Behind the Iona Community’s practise of healing justice is the Justice and Peace Commitment of the Community. As part of their Rule all members agree to practise this commitment in who they are, what they do and what they don’t do (R. Burgess, personal communication, 25 January 2007). It is quoted here at length because of its centrality in the practise of healing justice in the Iona Community.

Justice and Peace Commitment

We believe:

1. that the Gospel commands us to seek peace founded on justice and that costly reconciliation is at the heart of the Gospel;

2. that work for justice, peace and an equitable society is a matter of extreme urgency;

3. that God has given us partnership as stewards of creation and that we have a responsibility to live in a right relationship with the whole of God’s creation;

4. that, handled with integrity, creation can provide for the needs of all, but not for the greed which leads to injustice and inequality, and endangers life on earth;

5. that everyone should have the quality and dignity of a full life that requires adequate physical, social and political opportunity, without the oppression of poverty, injustice and fear;

6. that social and political action leading to justice for all people and encouraged by prayer and discussion, is a vital work of the Church at all levels;

7. that the use or threatened use of nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction is theologically and morally indefensible and that opposition to their existence is an imperative of the Christian faith.

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