An interfaith peace-building delegation organized by the Fellowship of Reconciliation traveled to Lebanon and Palestine/Israel from January 27 to February 8, 2003. The trip was co-sponsored by The Witness and the Episcopal Peace Fellowship and included seven Episcopalians, among them Witness contributing editors Winnie Varghese and Michael Battle and Witness staffer Ethan Flad. Find reports from the delegation, which visited individuals and organizations involved in nonviolence and peacemaking in the region, at www.forusa.org.

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A dancer holds up a symbol of Christian solidarity with Israel during the Oct. 11, 2002, Christian Coalition Road to Victory conference at the Washington, D.C., Convention Center
© Rick Reinhard /Impact Digitals 2002

Volume 86
Number 3/4
M arch/April 2003

in this issue:
"Christianity and Global Conflict"

Letters

Contributors

Publisher's Note

Editorial Note

As we went to press

Update

Louie's Index

Commentaries

THEME: Christianity and Global Conflict

Since 1917, The Witness has been examining church and society in light of faith and conscience – advocating for those denied systemic power as well as celebrating those who, in theologian William Stringfellow's words, have found ways to "live humanly in the midst of death." With deep roots in the Episcopal Church, we are a journal of spiritual questing and theology in practice, always ready to hold our own cherished beliefs and convictions up to scrutiny.

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