The “Golden Rule”— loving one’s neighbor and doing to others as we would like to be done to us — is at the heart of the Bible’s ethical teaching. It’s taught to children in Sunday School across the country. Yet we have so often failed to put it into practice when it matters the most.
We’re in a time of deep Othering, marked by toxic polarization, beloved neighbors being violently arrested and deported, the rights and protections for our most vulnerable neighbors being demolished, genocide, war and oppression across the globe, and a widespread sense of fear and instability. So, how can Christ’s teaching of neighbor-love — when taken seriously — offer a path toward a just, flourishing, and reconciled future?
Join author and peacemaker Andrew DeCort and PCI's Peter Digitale Anderson to discuss Andrew’s upcoming book, Reviving the Golden Rule: How the Ancient Ethic of Neighbor Love Can Heal the World. We’ll explore the roots of this ancient yet essential teaching, reflect on examples of how Christians have lived this out in powerful ways, and discuss how Christians today can meaningfully model neighbor-love in our relationships, communities, and politics.
*This event is part of our monthly Taste of Peace series, where we offer introductory-level conversations about all things peacebuilding and explore something new every month. We hope you’ll join us for this event and other upcoming Taste of Peace events!
MEET THE PANEL
Andrew DeCort
Andrew DeCort (PhD, University of Chicago) founded the Institute for Faith and Flourishing and cofounded the Neighbor-Love Movement in Ethiopia, which have reached over twenty million people with the invitation to nonviolent spirituality. He has taught ethics, public theology, peace and conflict studies, and Ethiopian studies at Wheaton College, the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, and the University of Bonn. He is the author of Blessed Are the Others: Jesus' Way in a Violent World, Flourishing on the Edge of Faith: Seven Practices for a New We, and Bonhoeffer’s New Beginning: Ethics after Devastation.
Peter Digitale Anderson
Peter is Peace Catalyst’s Executive Director and Program Director in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he is equipping community peacemakers and collaborating with others for racial justice and healing. His projects include facilitating a healing and practice space for white men undoing white supremacist and patriarchal cultures; organizing white folk, especially people of faith, to work for racial justice alongside BIPOC partners; providing nonviolent protection for civilians and training others in safety skills; building community and inspiring activists through singing circles; and more. In addition, Peter leads trainings in conflict transformation, nonviolence, trauma awareness and healing, and community-based peacebuilding.
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