- Wksp: Focusing the Just Peace Lens

Catalog description

In the midst of the Peace and Justice Studies minor, which is housed in the theology department, preferably taken between THEO 25000 Foundations of Peace Studies, and THEO 45000 Peace Studies Capstone, students will be engaged in the art of the Pastoral or Praxis Circle which is a four-part methodology involving experience, analysis, reflection, and action plans in response to conflict or injustice. Participants will share learning thus far related to Peace and Justice Studies with peers and instructors, experience Peace Circle, learn from community Restorative Justice practitioners, and deepen their exploration of Catholic Social Teaching, as studied in THEO 25000 , THEO 26700 and/or THEO 26800 . The primary purpose of the workshop is to reinforce knowledge and apply skills related to restorative justice as one manifestation of the just peace lens. Designed for Peace and Justice Studies Minors; open to any Lewis University undergraduate student. (Pre-requisites: 10000-level theology).