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 Religious Statements
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Statements
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Statements
of Opposition to Capital Punishment from Faith Groups
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The Death Penalty: The Religious
Community Calls for Abolition, a
compilation of these statements, is available
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Overview
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-articles pertaining to seminal events in the religious death penalty movement
Excerpts from the Randy Reeves Case
Religious Leaders and Senator Feingold Urge President Clinton to Impose a Moratorium on Capital Punishment
Reform Jewish Movement Calls on the Nation's Governors to Declare a Moratorium on the Death Penalty
Excerpt of Amici Brief to Supreme Court of Florida, challenging the constitutionality of the electric chair and explaining the need for religious organizations to be involved in the fight against the death penalty
The Lessons of Karla Faye Tucker, excerpt from an editorial in Christianity Today
An Unrelenting Terror, an article by Philip Brasfield
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Perspectives
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Pat Robertson Article
His Holiness, Tenzin Gyatso, The Fourteenth Dalai Lama
National Council of Churches Supports Moratorium on the Death Penalty
To End the Death Penalty: A Report of the National Jewish/Catholic Consultation
Cardinal Bevilacqua’s opinion piece
A Witness to Life: The Catholic Church and the Death Penalty by Cardinal Mahoney
Resisting the Politics of Fear, a Profile of Pat Clark
Good Friday Appeal to End the Death Penalty
Biblical Traditions and the Death Penalty by Britt Johnson
Death as a Penalty: A Moral, Practical, and Theological Discussion (Mennonite)
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Sermons
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Bishop Andrew J. McDonald
Reverend John Marsh
Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein
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Find more sermons on the deah penalty in the Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty'sSermons, Homilies, & Reflections on the Death Penalty.
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Study Guides
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Dead Man Walking - a study packet prividing religious leaders and lay people with an opportunity to examine the issue of capital punishment from a theological or faith-based perspective.
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Living and Dying According to theVoice of Faith - a study guide designed for Christians considering the question of capital punishment as a faith issue.
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Amnesty International's Guidebook - a guidebook designed to provide religious communities with current, relevant, and sensitive materials to assist you in planning activities surrounding the death penalty.
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For more information on how to order these and other resourses, go to the Resources page. |
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