peace and reconciliation seminar 1: basic course
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PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
SEMINAR 1:BASIC COURSE
Peacebuilders Community
PAR Philippines
MANUSCRIPT OFBIBLICAL THEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
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INTRODUCTION
PEACE AND RECONCILIATIONBASIC COURSE
Pursuing Peace
UnderstandingStrategic Peacebuilding
The Nature of Conflict
The Process ofConflict Transformation
& Reconciliation
PURSUING
PEACE
WORKSHOP 1:
WHAT IS PEACE?
1. Personal Reflection: 5 minutes
2. Group Understanding: 10 minutes
3. Class Understanding: 10 minutes
CHALLENGES FOR BIBLICAL SHALOMLIVINGValues of the Global Empire in the 21st Century
Extreme IndividualismThis is the most emphasized modern cultural value being communicated in the big media, causing the family and community to be disintegrated.
Practical MaterialismMany families may be religious during Sunday mornings, but practicing materialists during most of the week, influenced more by commercial advertisements and greed-oriented consumerism than by biblical principles, biblical ethics, and biblical morality.
A Culture of Violence and WarA belief system that human conflicts and differences are ultimately resolved by the useof force; thus, justifying personal, domesticsocial, and political violence.
A Mechanistic View of PeopleIn opposition to the biblical view, a mechanistic view of people treats humans and the creation as machine-projects rather than living organisms who are also story-subjects. Thus, the family, the church and the community is seen as an organization to be fixed rather than an organism to be healed.
LOOKING AT PEACE IN SEVERAL LAYERS
SUPPRESSIONOF CONFLICT
MILITARYPOLITICALECONOMICRELIGIOUS
PAXROMANAUNJUST
GLOBALISMJUST
PEACE
THE HIGHESTFORM OF PEACE ACHIEVABLEBY HUMAN BEINGS
SALAMSHALOM
THE PEACEOF GOD --THE KIND THATTRANSCENDSUNDERSTANDING
TRANFORMATIVE ENGAGEMENT
INEVITABLE PRESENCE OF KOSMOS
Harmony with God (Spiritual Transformation)
SHALOM--HARMONY IN OUR BASIC RELATIONSHIPS
A BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF PEACETHE 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
PEACEKEEPINGThe use of legitimate and greater military force
to overpower other armed forces that are deemed illegitimate,
for the purpose of “peace and order.”
PEACEBUILDINGA strategic advancement of Just-Peace
using non-violent processes.
PEACEMAKINGThe application of the principles of
Jesus Christ in the process of peacebuildingbased on biblical salam-shalom.
PEACE AND RECONCILIATIONBASIC COURSE
Pursuing Peace
UNDERSTANDING STRATEGIC
PEACEBUILDING
WHAT IS PEACEBUILDING?
A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGYthat encompasses, generates, and sustains the full array of processes, approaches, and stages needed to transform conflict toward more sustainable, peaceful relationships.
AS A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIESpeacebuilding has many functions--conflict transformation, military intervention and conversion, governance and policymaking, restorative and transitional justice, environmental protection, human rights, civilian and military peacekeeping, peace education, activism and advocacy, trauma healing, and social-economic development.
RECONCILIATIONis the central component of peacebuilding. The conflicting parties must be willing to go on a journey from resolution of issues to rebuilding of relationships.
SUSTAINABLE PEACEBUILDING
PRESENTCONFLICTEDREALITIES
analysis
DESIREDFUTURE:
JUST-PEACE &RECONCILIATION
visioningPROCESS OF RECONCILIATION
PEACEBUILDING
present & future
IN PEACEBUILDING…
OUR VALUES
OUR PROCESSES
OUR STRUCTURES
MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH
OUR ENDS
ACTORS TO PEACEBUILDING
LEVEL 1:TOP LEADERSHIP
LEVEL 2:MIDDLE-RANGE
LEADERSHIP
LEVEL 3:GRASSROOTSLEADERSHIP
:: Focus on high-level negotiations:: Emphasizes ceasefire:: Led by highly visible, single mediator
:: Problem-solving workshops:: Training in conflict resolution:: Peace Commissions:: Insider-partial teams
:: Local Peace Commissions:: Grassroots training:: Prejudice reduction:: Psycho-social work in post-war trauma
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TIME FRAME OF ACTIVITY
AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK FOR A PAR MOVEMENT
ROOT CAUSESWhat are the root
causes of the crisis?
VISION: PEACE & RECONCILIATIONWhat are the social
structures and relationships we desire?
FOUR TRANSFORMATIONSHow do we get from
crisis to desired change?
CRISIS MANAGEMENTHow do we manage
the immediate crisis?
PREVENTIONHow do we prevent thecrisis from recurring?
Adopted from John Paul Lederach, Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies (USIP, Wash., DC, 1997, p. 80)
6WKS-1YR 1YR - 2YRS 2YRS-5YRS 5-10+YRS
RELATIONSHIP
CRISISINTER-
VENTION
NEW STARTTOWARDS
JUST-PEACE
CONFRONTCONFLICT
NON-VIOLENTLY
REDUCEVIOLENCE
BUILDCAPACITY
THE CYCLE TOWARDS JUST-PEACE
TRANSFORMCONFLICT
SHORT-TERM, IMMEDIATE APPROACHES
LONG-TERM, IMMEDIATE APPROACHES
WORKSHOP 2:
PEACEBUILDINGRESOURCESWITHIN ME
1. SPIRITUAL
2. INTELLECTUAL
3. PSYCHOLOGICAL
4. VOLITIONAL
PEACE AND RECONCILIATIONBASIC COURSE
Pursuing Peace
UnderstandingStrategic Peacebuilding
THE NATURE OF CONFLICT
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
DIMENSIONS OF CONFLICT
PERSONAL
RELATIONAL
STRUCTURAL
CULTURAL
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
DIFFERING APPROACHES TO CONFLICT
CONFLICT PREVENTION
CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION
PEACE AND RECONCILIATIONBASIC COURSE
Pursuing Peace
UnderstandingStrategic Peacebuilding
The Nature of Conflict
THE PROCESS OF
CONFLICTTRANSFORMATION
CONFLICTis 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
TRANSFORMATIONis a process of change
CONFLICT TRANSFORMATIONis a way of looking at an expressed struggle
from two perspectives: description and prescription.
WHAT IS CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION?
BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND RIGHTS
SOCIALRespect. Security. Participation.
CULTURALCulture. Religion. Identity.
MATERIALFood. Shelter. Health Care
WORKSHOP 3:
CONFLICT-IN-CONTEXT
1. CONFLICT. What’s the equivalentword for this idea in your own language? What does it mean literally?
2. CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION. What’s the equivalent word for this idea in your own language? What does it mean literally?
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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PEACE AND RECONCILIATIONBASIC COURSE
Pursuing Peace
UnderstandingStrategic Peacebuilding
The Nature of Conflict
The Process ofConflict Transformation
THE PROCESS OF
RECONCILIATION
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.
PARADOXICAL ENERGIZERS OF RECONCILIATION
PEACE
TRUTH
MERCY
JUSTICE
WORKSHOP 4:
MERCY. TRUTH. JUSTICE. PEACE.If Mercy, Truth, Justice, and Peace are persons,
how would you describe their respectivecharacters? Please elaborate.
MERCY
TRUTH
JUSTICE
PEACE
WORKSHOP 5:
RECONCILIATION-IN-CONTEXT
1. RECONCILIATION. The equivalent word for this idea in our own dialect is…
It literally means…
2. THE PROCESS OF RECONCILIATION IN OUR CULTURE involves the followingsteps or approaches:a.b.c.
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
2. SHIFT FROM DISAGREEMENT TO PERSONAL ANTAGONISM Person seen as problem
1. PROBLEM-SOLVING Disagree but share problem
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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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2. SHIFT FROM PERSONAL ANTAGONISM TO DISAGREEMENT Person not seen as problem
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1. STICK WITH PROBLEM-SOLVING Disagree but share problem
PEACE AND RECONCILIATIONBASIC COURSE
Pursuing Peace
UnderstandingStrategic Peacebuilding
The Nature of Conflict
The Process ofConflict Transformation
& Reconciliation
Harmony with God (Spiritual Transformation)
SALAM-SHALOMTHE 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
P.A.R. VALUES
1. LOVE2. TRUTH3. JUSTICE4. FORGIVENESS5. PEACE6. VOLUNTARY SERVICE7. RESPECT8. PATIENCE9. MUTUAL LEARNING
10. ACCOUNTABILITY
Which of these values are currently difficultfor you to put into practice?
OUR PRINCIPLES OF
LEADERSHIP,MENTORSHIP, &MULTIPLICATION
SPIRITUALITY OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND MENTORSHIP
INTIMACY WITH THE TRIUNE GOD AND BIBLICAL SERVANT-LEADERSHIP
HEART OF A SERVANT
MIND OF A MANAGER
STRENGTHOF A LEADER
SOUL OF A TEACHER
THE CREATIVITY OF THE CREATOR
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PEACE THEOLOGY, PEACEBUILDING, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
TO THE END THAT PEACE COMMUNITIES WILL BE ESTABLISHED THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES
PEACECOMMUNITIES
ALL OVERTHE COUNTRY
PEACE THEOLOGY
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AN INVITATION TO DREAM AND TO WORK TOGETHER TO BUILD
A NETWORK OF PEACEBUILDING COMMUNITIESTHROUGHOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND
HOW TO CONTACT US:
OFFICE ADDRESS:
2F Coffee for Peace Bldg.McArthur Highway, Matina
Davao City 8000Republic of the Philippines
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P.O. Box 80128Davao City 8000
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