This book, here displayed in an online format, explains what Quakers believe and how they practice their faith. The book is written by a committee of British Quakers, and therefore represents a more comprehensive view…
This article discusses efforts on the part of the Reformation-era Church of Scotland to act as a peacemaker within Scottish communities. In particular, the Kirk opposed the hitherto broadly-accepted practice of…
This article discusses the character Beth March in Louisa May Alcott’s novel Little Women as well as Alcott’s sister, on whom Beth is based. It highlights the contrast between the events of the novel–Beth’s quiet…
This article provides a fascinating history of protest songs and their connection to political opposition in Poland in the 1970s and 1980s. Protest songs were used in more traditional contexts, such as strikes and…
The Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty is the earliest known surviving peace treaty (thought to be created 1259 BC). Drawn up after a 16-year war, it entails a lot of imagery of two becoming one and establishing a religious…
Raaflaub is a scholar who has taken great interest in the area of peace studies and ancient history, with this book being one of his most recent explorations. Concerned with the modern misconception of Ancient peace…
Previous Classics scholarship studied peace in the subsection of war and not within its own independent school of thought, despite “peace” sources (such as truces and democracy) making up a lot of classical…
Athanassaki explores Athenian drama’s depiction of the Goddess, Peace, during a period of peace in the Peloponnesian war. The Greek’s personification of peace in the form of a god and subsequential cult worship of her…
Benjamin Franz writes a review of Taika Waititi’s film Jojo Rabbit, analyzing Waititi’s use of genre-blending to create a simultaneously comic and horrific depiction of Nazi Germany. In it he argues the bright colors,…
This journal article examines the life of writer Aldous Huxley, from his youth to his political opinions as a young man to his fascination with religion in his later years. Semmler connects each of these facets of…