Study

We believe that part of our responsibility as nonviolent peacemakers is to understand the issues. We encourage you to talk to people with direct experience, read accounts from all perspectives, and check out websites & links like those listed here for additional information and helpful resources.

Doctrine of Discovery

• Pax Christi Renounces the Doctrine of Discovery
• Resources for Repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery and Domination, PCUSA Indigenous Solidarity Working Group

Nuclear Disarmament

• Archbishop John Wester’s 2022 pastoral letter, “Living in the Light of Christ’s Peace: A Conversation Toward Nuclear Disarmament”

Catholic Social Teaching

• An Overview of Gospel Nonviolence in the Christian Tradition by Fr. John Dear and Ken Butigan
• “Official Catholic Social Thought on Gospel Nonviolence” by Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College, USA
• No Longer Legitimizing War: Christians and Just Peace by  Rose Marie Berger
• An Overview of Contemporary Scriptural Exegensis and Ethics on Jesus’ Nonviolence by Terrence Rynne
• Advancing Just Peace through Strategic Nonviolent Action by Maria J. Stephan, U.S. Institute of Peace

Writings of Pope Francis

• Laudato Si
• Fratelli Tutti
• Laudate Deum