Decade to Overcome Violence
The Decade to Overcome Violence ( English: Decade to Overcome Violence DOV) was a program of the World Council of Churches (WCC) for the ten-year period from 2001 to 2010. It called upon the member churches , committed ecumenical groups and individual Christians on, from the Christian message a culture of non-violence and non-violence to create.
program
The program was adopted in December 1998 at the eighth assembly of the WCC in Harare / Zimbabwe on the initiative of the German Mennonites , at the same time as the UN International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World (2001–2010).
The decade had four themes:
- Spirit and logic of violence
- Use and abuse of power
- the question of justice
- religious identity and plurality
She was "also aware that Christians and churches, through words and deeds, have played their part in increasing violence and injustice in a world of oppression and merciless competition."
See also
literature
- Fernando Enns (Ed.): Decade to Overcome Violence 2001-2010. Verlag Otto Lembeck, Frankfurt am Main 2001.
- Margot Käßmann : Overcoming violence. A decade of the World Council of Churches. Lutheran publishing house, Hanover 2002.
Web links
- Decade to Overcome Violence (international website)
Individual evidence
- ^ Mennonite Peace Center. Mennonite Peace Center Berlin , accessed December 24, 2009 .