peace theology 101 lecture 6. peace theology 101 introduction to peace theology. this course will...
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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.
PEACE THEOLOGY 101
TOWARDSA TANAKHTHEOLOGY
OFPSYCHO-SOCIAL
TRANSFORMATION
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
PAXROMANA
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
of other
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.
PEACE THEOLOGY 101
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
CASE NEEDS INTERVENTION
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PEACE THEOLOGY 101
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
3. ISSUE PROLIFERATION From specific to general
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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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1. STICK WITH PROBLEM-SOLVING Disagree but share problem
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