PEACE THEOLOGY 101

PEACE THEOLOGY 101

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PEACE THEOLOGY 101

PEACE THEOLOGY 101Introduction to Peace Theology.

This course will help the students to appreciate and to evaluate a biblical understanding and contemporary practice of Peace Theology. Such evaluation will be done within the framework of social sciences and informed from the perspective of biblical theology.

The students will be intellectually, emotionally, and volitionally involved in the current discussions on the meanings, proposals, and tasks of Peace Theology.

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PEACE THEOLOGY 101

Harmony with God (Spiritual Transformation)

PEACE THEOLOGYTHE PEACE OF GOD IS CENTRAL TO THE GOOD NEWS

Harmony with Others (Social-Political Transformation)

Harmony with the Creation (Economic-Ecological Transformation)

Harmony with the Self (Psycho-Social Transformation)

PEACEBUILDING=SHALOMLIVING

PEACE THEOLOGY 101

LOOKING AT PEACE IN SEVERAL LAYERS

SUPPRESSIONOF CONFLICT

MILITARYPOLITICALECONOMICRELIGIOUS

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UNJUSTGLOBALISM

JUSTPEACE

THE HIGHESTFORM OF PEACE ACHIEVABLEBY HUMAN BEINGS

SALAMSHALOM

THE PEACEOF GOD --THE KIND THATTRANSCENDSUNDERSTANDING

TRANFORMATIVE ENGAGEMENT

INEVITABLE PRESENCE OF KOSMOS

LEAVES: EFFECTS OF CONFLICT:: armed clashes:: looting:: killing:: raids:: displacement:: poverty:: domestic violence:: addiction

TRUNK: CORE ISSUES:: land, ancestral domain:: right to self-determination:: historical injustice:: colonial mentality:: ethnic prejudice:: culture of violence

ROOTS: CAUSES OF CONFLICT:: colonialism/foreign oppression:: unjust laws:: graft and corruption:: theologies of violence

CONFLICTS ARE LIKE TREES

MISSINGGOD’SSTANDARDFOR HUMANITYAND THEWHOLECREATION

THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE

GROUP INTERACTION: “OPEN MY FIST”

CAUSE OFVIOLENCE

Focus onmeeting

needs of selfat expense

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PATH OFVIOLENCE

Willingness touse violence in

pursuit ofhuman needs

STRUCTURALVIOLENCE

Unjust systems,institutions, policiesthat meet somepeople’s needs at theexpense of others

SECONDARYVIOLENCE

Response tostructural violence;

crime, domesticviolence, sexual

VIOLENCEAGAINST SELF

Allow destruction ofothers; self-destruction throughalcohol, drugs;depression;suicide

NEW STARTTOWARDS

JUST-PEACE

CONFRONTCONFLICT

NON-VIOLENTLY

REDUCEVIOLENCE

BUILDCAPACITY

THE CYCLE TOWARDS JUST-PEACE

TRANSFORMCONFLICT

SHORT-TERM, IMMEDIATE APPROACHES

LONG-TERM, IMMEDIATE APPROACHES

Conflict is an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce recources, and interference from the other party in achieving their goals.

CONFLICT

CONFLICTTRANSFORMATION…is to envision and respond to the ebb and flow of socialconflict as life-giving opportunities for creating constructive change processes that reduce violence, increase justice in direct interaction and social structures, and respond to real-life problems in human relationships.

CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION

CONFLICT RESOLUTIONSocial processes focused on solving

specific issues or cases affecting ConflictTransformation. It's the smaller picture

that affects the bigger picture.

CONFLICT TRANSFORMATIONProcesses of change in relationships...

towards reconciliation... continuous...life-time process... It's the big picture.

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PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION

Reconciliation is focused on

building relationship between antagonists.

Reconciliation is a place, a locus, a space created for encounter by the parties.

Reconciliation is a great biblical-theological concept and a practical course of action.

HOW CONFLICT TRANSFORMS A COMMUNITY

7. POLARIZATION Change in social organization

6. ANTAGONISM Hostility

5. EYE FOR AN EYE Reaction & escalation

4. NEGATIVE TRIANGLE Talk negatively about, not with

3. ISSUE PROLIFERATION From specific to general

2. SHIFT FROM DISAGREEMENT TO PERSONAL ANTAGONISM Person seen as problem

1. PROBLEM-SOLVING Disagree but share problem

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4. NEGATIVE TRIANGLE Talk negatively about, not with

THE JOURNEY TOWARDS RECONCILIATION

4. POSITIVE TRIANGLE Talk positively about, not with

7. POLARIZATION Change in social organization

6. ANTAGONISM Hostility

5. EYE FOR AN EYE Reaction & escalation

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7. CEASEFIRE Realize effects of violence

6. MONITOR CEASEFIRE Seek mediation

5. AGREE TO NEGOTIATE Proactive de-escalation

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WORKSHOP

MERCY. TRUTH. JUSTICE. PEACE.If Mercy, Truth, Justice, and Peace are persons,

how would you describe their respectivecharacters? Please elaborate.

1. MERCY.

2. TRUTH.

3. JUSTICE.

4. PEACE.

PEACE THEOLOGY 101

PARADOXICAL ENERGIZERS OF RECONCILIATION

PEACE

TRUTH

MERCY

JUSTICE