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The easy way out

"War is the coward's escape from the problems of peace." - William Sloane Coffin Jr. Charleston Gazette, The, 06/12/07 by William Sloane Coffin Jr. · More from publication
Self-righteous

"I'm worried about growing intolerance in the church. I'm worried that the virtue of moral indignation is becoming the vice of moralism....
Charleston Gazette, The, 08/11/06 by Rev. William Sloane Coffin · More from publication
OVERHEARD

"The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American...
Sojourners Magazine, 07/01/06 by Coffin, William Sloane · More from publication
How to live well

"Clearly, the trick in life is to die young as late as possible." - the late Rev. William Sloane Coffin, in his final book, Credo Charleston Gazette, The, 05/25/06 by Rev. William Sloane Coffin · More from publication
Consumers pollute

"The problems of the planet arise not from the poor, for whom education is the answer. They arise from the well-educated, for whom...
Charleston Gazette, The, 04/22/06 by William Sloane Coffin · More from publication
Quote/unquote

George W. Bush rightly spoke of the axis of evil. But it is not Iran, Iraq or North Korea. Here is a more likely trio calling for Herculean efforts...
Catholic New Times, 12/19/04 by William Sloane Coffin, Jr. · More from publication

Despair is not an option.(Comment; George W. Bush policies)

Many people believed at the time that the trauma of 9/11 would change the world. My feeling was that our American response would be far more...
Nation, The, 01/12/04 by Coffin, William Sloane · More from publication
An open letter to the Roman Catholic bishops of America

November 14, 2000 November 14, 2000 In a Washington cemetery, on the gravestone of a Vietnam veteran, it is written "When I was in the...
Catholic New Times, 10/05/03 by William Sloane Coffin · More from publication
"Toward clarity in justice and peace"--June 22, 2000--Richmond, Virginia

Human beings have long been a rich mix of godliness and greed, compassion and cunning, just as the world, ever beautiful, has always been rife with...
Human Quest, 01/01/01 by Coffin, William Sloane · More from publication
Hiroshima then and now - 'Thy Brother's Blood': Reminiscences of World War II - Cover Story

A former World War II soldier describes his reaction to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, in Aug 1945. The bombing was welcomed...
Christian Century, 08/16/95 by William Sloane Coffin · More from publication