PANEL PRESENTATION: "THEOLOGY OF RESISTANCE AGAINST EMPIRE AND THE THEORY OF JUST WAR" – A dialogue with host-moderator Rt. Rev. Robert Smith (Canada) and discussants Rev. Chung Sook-Ja (Korea), Rev. Jonathan Inkpin (Australia) and Bp. Alberto Ramento (Philippines). Rev. Chung told the story of Solomon (of the use of the sword of power to enforce peace) from the perspective of the women, people oppressed under the power of the empire. She concluded that God is on the side of the oppressed, and resistance is justified to be freed from oppression. Rev. Inkpin questioned the idea of bringing "peace" through war (as the American war in Iraq). He said that the real challenge for the church is to repent for its complicity in violence and "the ways in which we contribute to abuse and destruction." Bp. Ramento gave the story of his church in the midst of the oppressed workers of Hacienda Luisita in Central Luzon, Philippines and the killings that ensued when the workers declared a strike.
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First People's Forum on Peace for Life | CONFERENCE OF DELEGATES | 2004 December 2-4 | Davao City, Philippines
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