Peacemaking
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Peacemaking is practical conflict transformation focused upon establishing equitable power relationships robust enough to forestall future conflict, often including the establishment of means of agreeing on
Methods
Some geopolitical entities, such as nation-states and international organizations, attempt to relegate the term peacemaking to large, systemic, often factional conflicts in which no member of the community can avoid involvement, and in which no faction or segment can claim to be completely innocent of the problems, citing as instances post-genocide situations, or extreme situations of oppression such as apartheid. However peacemaking is a universal and age-old approach to conflict at all levels and among any and all parties, and its principles may be generalized and used in many different kinds of conflicts. In contemporary international affairs, especially after the end of the Cold War, the concept of peacemaking has often been associated to the imposition upon warring parties of a peace settlement, usually under the auspices of an international organization. Peacemaking in smaller, traditional societies has often involved rituals. For example, Alula Pankhurst has produced films about peacemaking among Ethiopian communities.
The process of peacemaking is distinct from the rationale of
Gandhi
Christianity
The Catholic Church has changed its view on peacemaking over the centuries. Some early Christians refused to join Rome's Imperial army. A doctrine of a
The tradition of Christianity continues to be taken up by those who seek peace. Jesus taught, "[...] all who take the sword will perish by the sword." (Matthew 26:52, NAB[1]) Twenty years after the cessation of the Reichskonkordat, Pope Paul VI proclaimed “No more war, war never again!” (Address to United Nations General Assembly, October 4, 1965 retweeted by Pope Francis September 2, 2013)[2][3]
See also
- Peace makers
- Two-level game theory
- Peace Direct
- Peace
- Peacekeeping
- Peace enforcement
- Christian Peacemaker Teams
- Religion and peacebuilding
- List of peace activists
References
- ^ "The New American Bible". www.vatican.va. 11 November 2002. Retrieved 2018-05-27 – via Androids must manually "Request desktop site".
- ^ Pope Francis [@Pontifex] (September 2, 2013). "War never again! Never again war!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Heft, J. (2010, 09). RELIGION, WORLD ORDER, AND PEACE: Christianity, war, and peacemaking. Cross Currents, 60, 328-331,476-477
- Pankhurst, Alula and Ivo Strecker. 2003. Bury the Spear. Mainz University project on Cultural Contact, Respect and Self-Esteem. Special mention at the Bilan du Film Ethnographique, Paris, March 2004.
- Pankhurst, Alula. 2002. Calling Peace and Cursing War. Video film in co-production with Lubo Film. [about a peace ceremony in southern Ethiopia bringing together 12 groups seeking to resolve conflict]