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Bishops In The Catholic Peace Tradition, Ronald G. Musto
Bishops In The Catholic Peace Tradition, Ronald G. Musto
The Journal of Social Encounters
This brief survey takes a historical perspective on the role of Catholic bishops in global peacemaking. Building on my previous work 1 and more recent research, it focuses on the roles of bishop as teacher, ruler, and minister of the sacraments and on the interplay between prophetic protest and institutional authority. It covers the origins of the bishop’s office, the development o f prophetic protest and rule in episcopal peacemaking in the early church and Middle Ages, including the Peace and Truce of God. It then turns to early modern peacemaking and the influence of humanist thinkers on Latin American …
Capturing The Flag: The Struggle For National Identity In Nonviolent Revolutions, Landon E. Hancock, Anuj Gurung
Capturing The Flag: The Struggle For National Identity In Nonviolent Revolutions, Landon E. Hancock, Anuj Gurung
Peace and Conflict Studies
One goal of nonviolent resistance movements is to legitimize themselves in opposition to governments by undermining the latter’s leadership. We argue nonviolent groups that can ‘own’ the national identity are more likely to succeed, as they can assert the legitimacy of their vision for the state, and persuade other sectors of society to support their cause. Our argument is supported by the Arab Spring uprisings, where those resistance movements that were able to identify and claim ownership over a homogeneous national identity were more successful in pressing their claims. We view national identity as a component of symbolic power in …
2006-2017 Nonviolent And Peacebuilding Bibliography, Rosemary Doyle
2006-2017 Nonviolent And Peacebuilding Bibliography, Rosemary Doyle
Citizens for Peace
These Bibliographies contain information on peace movements, leaders of nonviolence, Restorative Justice, and Nobel Peace Prize winners. They also contain information on nonviolent solutions to conflicts as well as information on inspirational leaders dedicated to improving the lives of people through economic and social change.
2006-2017 Nonviolent And Peacebuilding Bibliography, Rosemary Doyle
2006-2017 Nonviolent And Peacebuilding Bibliography, Rosemary Doyle
Citizens for Peace
The Bibliographies make accessible for youth and adults materials that document efforts of nonviolent social change and nonviolent conflict resolution between peoples and nations.