How can we commemorate the scale of loss involved in industrial slaughter in a way that affirms the individual significance of each death? Photo: Paul Arps / flickr CC.
Commemoration
Michael Bartlet on affirming the significance of each individual death
by Michael Bartlet
3rd October 2014
The centenary of the start of the first world war poses a dilemma for many Quakers. Should we ignore the commemorations, out of a fear that they might encourage militarism? Should we respond, in an authentic way, to the tragic loss of a generation and accept the risks of being part of an agenda set by others?
