Religion, Violence and Peace

Catalog description

Taught by SFTS ONLINE - From a global interdisciplinary perspective, we consider theories of religious violence and the nature of religiously inflected conflicts. We will address theological ethics, theories and practices of peacebuilding that claim to bring about a just, decolonial peace. The course will consider ethical responses to war (pacifism, just war, just peace, humanitarian intervention), and normative regimes and peace movements that respond to violence. This hybrid course also includes three US Institute of Peace short online modules and four face to face sessions. Hybrid meeting times: We will meet four times during the semester on Friday 12-2pm. (February 8, March 1 and May 10; other meeting TBA.)