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PACS 612: Culture, Religion, and Peacebuilding

Winter 2017

Monday 5:30 p.m.-8:20 p.m. Conrad Grebel University College, University of Waterloo

CGR 2201

Instructor Nathan C. Funk

Office CGC, Room 2126

Office hours Monday and Wednesday 3:00-4:00 p.m., and by appointment

Phone (519) 885-0220, ext. 24295

E-mail nfunk@uwaterloo.ca

Course Description

This course explores cultural, religious, and identity-based dimensions of conflict and conflict

resolution, examining major patterns of human difference and their implications for contemporary

peacebuilding practice. In-depth readings, case studies, simulations, and role plays are used to expose

students to the practical reality of building a common peace in the midst of diversity.

Learning Objectives

Upon completing PACS 612 students should be able to:

discuss implications of recognizing cultural and religious diversity as a context for peacebuilding

theory and practice;

articulate ways in which cultural as well as religious factors can be sources of conflict as well as

resources for peace;

describe some major patterns of cultural difference;

provide informed commentary on how cultural and religious differences can correlate with differences in value priorities, worldviews, and understandings of conflict/peace;

Origami Crane (Japan)

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critique common misconceptions about culture and religion that ought to be avoided by peace practitioners;

offer examples of how aspects of culture and religion (including values, practices, narratives, and worldviews as well as symbolic markers) can shape collective identities, influence conflict management practices, and affect relations between members of different groups;

analyze conflict scenarios to discern ways in which cultural and religious differences (including cultural identities and practices) intersect with other significant factors;

articulate ways in which their own cultural/religious background has informed their assumptions about conflict and peacemaking;

describe stages of cross-cultural adjustment and adaptation;

explain differences between “prescriptive” and “elicitive” approaches to conflict resolution training and capacity development;

discuss potential benefits and challenges associated with efforts to tap and strengthen traditional, indigenous, and local approaches to peacemaking;

identify criteria for cross-culturally effective and culturally empowering forms of conflict resolution practice, and evaluate peacebuilding efforts in accordance with these criteria;

construct an argument concerning the value of cultural competence and cross-cultural learning/research for peace practitioners.

discuss significant cases of religious peacebuilding from a number of different settings around the world;

identify relevant terms in the religious vocabularies of several world religions for peace, social justice, and reconciliation, with attention to similarities as well as differences in meaning;

identify “peace traditions” and positive examples of peacemaking within multiple religious communities;

offer explanations for divergent views that may be found within a particular religion on such issues as religious diversity, peacebuilding, social justice, and human rights;

describe notable characteristics of religious peacemakers, including qualities that may distinguish them from other practitioners within the same religious tradition;

discuss relevant applications of various religious peacebuilding practices, including nonviolent action/witness, interfaith dialogue, multifaith projects/coalitions, hermeneutics, education/training, mediation, and advocacy for peace, social justice and/or coexistence;

discuss the relevance of course topics to personal ethical and/or spiritual concerns; and

develop a proposal for cultural and/or religious peacebuilding in the world today.

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Course Requirements and Evaluation Criteria 15% Participation: Fifteen percent of your final grade will be based on the quality of your participation in class. Participation presupposes both consistent attendance and good preparation. It manifests through thoughtful engagement with discussions of readings and lecture topics, as well as through contributions to small-group activities. 5% Discussion Leader Assignment: Five percent of your final grade will be derived from a discussion leader exercise in which you will present (individually or in collaboration with another student) your analysis and assessment of assigned readings and set the stage for further class deliberations. Discussion leaders will be asked to initiate conversation by sharing their own reactions to the material, in 12 minutes or less per person. Each discussion leader will provide a short, disciplined summary of important points from the assigned content, using personal commentary and interpretation to provoke conversation. Handouts summarizing key points and offering suggested discussion questions are highly recommended. In individual as well as team presentations, care should be taken to demonstrate at least some engagement with all assigned readings. 40% Two Journals: Forty percent of your grade will be based on two submissions of a weekly journal in which you will articulate a personal and intellectual response to the course experience that ties together major themes from readings, lectures, discussions, and activities. Be sure to go beyond mere summarization and offer carefully considered insights and reflections. Criteria for evaluation include thoroughness (integration of different readings and themes, responsiveness to the overall class experience), thoughtfulness (depth of analytical insight, critical engagement with multiple perspectives, creativity, ability to connect key concepts with personal experiences or world events), and clarity of expression (language usage, readability, mechanics). Each of the two journal submissions (February 17 and April 3) should be approximately 15-20 pages in length (double-spaced, 1-inch margins, regular font – like 12-point New Times Roman). 5% Research Proposal Presentation: Five percent of your grade will be based on a short, 5-minute presentation of your final research paper topic to the entire class. This presentation will take the form of a “pitch” or extended “elevator speech,” offered in conjunction with a 2-page research proposal handout (single spaced, with at least 10-point font). This assignment has multiple purposes: to help you formalize and commit to a specific project, to invite constructive feedback from peers, and to foster a sense of collective investment in the diverse projects you and your classmates will complete this term. Be sure that your research proposal handout is clear and substantive, and divided into the following sections: a) subject: a description of the problem, case, or issue area you would like to investigate; b) research questions: an articulation of two or more questions that will serve to frame and guide your inquiry; c) importance: a statement about why the topic matters; and d) bibliography: a preliminary list of at least five high-value sources, including both books and journal articles. These presentations will take place between the third and eighth weeks of class; students will be asked to sign up for specific presentation slots in advance. 35% Final Research Paper and Presentation: Thirty-five percent of your grade will be based on a final research paper (worth 30%) and an individual presentation (worth 5%). Based on the proposal you present in class, the final research paper will explore a particular case or issue area that relates to religious and/or cultural aspects of conflict and peacebuilding. The expected length is 16-20 pages (double-spaced, 11- or 12-point font, 1-inch margins). The paper is due at the start of our final session of class (Monday, April 10), which will be dedicated to a series of short, collegial presentations. Your presentation should detail what you have learned about the topic since your initial research proposal,

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and also offer a statement concerning the broader significance of the findings for peacebuilding theory and practice. Like your initial research proposal presentation, this presentation needs to be pithy and concise, and should take no more than 5 minutes. Note: Marked assignments will be returned in class. Unclaimed assignments as well as final papers will be left at the Grebel Reception Desk for you to pick up at your own convenience. Late Policy for Written Work Students who contact Prof. Funk well in advance of a due date with information about realistic complications that will postpone completion of an assignment that is not “time critical” usually receive favourable consideration. Although exceptions may occasionally be made to account for exceptional circumstances, a penalty will be applied to papers that arrive late without prior clearance. Here are our standard deductions for late work:

One day to one week late: -5%

Eight days to two weeks late: -10%

15 days to three weeks late: -15%

More than three weeks late: -20%

Please do not make the mistake of failing to submit an assignment. Deadlines are important, but the instructor is willing to work with those who take the initiative in their communications and demonstrate commitment to getting the job done. PACS Research Support The library has created a subject guide to help you carry out peace-related research. You can access this guide at http://subjectguides.uwaterloo.ca/pacs. If you need more specialized assistance, the Peace and Conflict Studies liaison librarian, Laureen Harder-Gissing, is available for consultation. Laureen works with PACS faculty to order library resources and to create the subject guide. See the guide for research tips and ways to contact Laureen. Desire2Learn (LEARN) Learning Management System Important course announcements will appear from time to time in the Desire2Learn (LEARN) learning management system. To access these announcements and make use of additional course resources posted in LEARN, go to https://learn.uwaterloo.ca. Enter your WatIAM username and password. If you encounter difficulties, you are welcome to contact learnhelp.uwaterloo.ca. After you have successfully logged in, click on the PACS 612 link in the yellow “My Courses and Communities” menu. Be sure that the email address listed under your name in LEARN is an address that you check on a regular basis. Course Texts The following texts have been ordered through the University of Waterloo Campus Bookstore:

1. Augsburger, David W. Conflict Mediation Across Cultures. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992.

2. Avruch, Kevin. Culture and Conflict Resolution. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 1998.

3. Dubensky, Joyce, ed. Peacemakers in Action, Volume II. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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4. Hayward, Susan, and Katherine Marshall, eds. Women, Religion, and Peacebuilding: Illuminating the Unseen. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2015.

5. Lederach, John Paul. Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995.

6. Smith-Christopher, Daniel L., ed. Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions, 10th Anniversary Edition. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2007.

7. Smock, David R., ed. Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2002.

8. Thomas, David C. and Kerr Inkson. Cultural Intelligence: Living and Working Globally, 2nd ed. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009.

Several additional readings will be posted in the PACS 612 Electronic Reserves, available at https://www.reserves.uwaterloo.ca and in LEARN. These electronic-format readings are marked with an “*” in the schedule below.

The Writing Centre The Writing Centre works across all faculties to help students clarify their ideas, develop their voices, and write in the style appropriate to their disciplines. Writing Centre staff offer one-on-one support in planning assignments and presentations, using and documenting research, organizing and structuring papers, and revising for clarity and coherence. You can make multiple appointments throughout the term, or drop in at the Library for quick questions or feedback. To book a 50-minute appointment and to see drop-in hours, visit www.uwaterloo.ca/writing-centre. Group appointments for team-based projects, presentations, and papers are also available. Please note that writing specialists guide you to see your work as readers would. They can teach you revising skills and strategies, but will not proof-read or edit for you. Please bring hard copies of your assignment instructions and any notes or drafts to your appointment. Cross-listed course (requirement for all Arts courses) Please note that a cross-listed course will count in all respective averages no matter under which rubric it has been taken. For example, a PHIL/PSCI cross-list will count in a Philosophy major average, even if the course was taken under the Political Science rubric.

Academic Integrity Academic Integrity: In order to maintain a culture of academic integrity, members of the University of Waterloo are expected to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility. See the UWaterloo Academic Integrity webpage and the Arts Academic Integrity webpage for more information.

Discipline: A student is expected to know what constitutes academic integrity, to avoid committing academic offences, and to take responsibility for his/her actions. A student who is unsure whether an action constitutes an offence, or who needs help in learning how to avoid offences (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about “rules” for group work/collaboration should seek guidance from the course professor, academic advisor, or the Undergraduate Associate Dean. When misconduct has been found to have occurred, disciplinary penalties will be imposed under Policy 71 – Student Discipline. For information on categories of offenses and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy 71 - Student Discipline. For typical penalties check Guidelines for the Assessment of Penalties.

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Grievance: A student who believes that a decision affecting some aspect of his/her university life has been unfair or unreasonable may have grounds for initiating a grievance. Read Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances, Section 4. When in doubt, please be certain to contact the department’s administrative assistant who will provide further assistance.

Appeals: A decision made or penalty imposed under Policy 70 - Student Petitions and Grievances (other than a petition) or Policy 71 - Student Discipline may be appealed if there is a ground. A student who believes he/she has a ground for an appeal should refer to Policy 72 - Student Appeals.

Accommodation for Students with Disabilities Note for students with disabilities: The AccessAbility Services office, located on the first floor of the Needles Hall extension (1401), collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with the AS office at the beginning of each academic term. Appropriate Use of Laptops (and Other Gadgets) Laptops, smartphones, and related devices are amazing tools, with remarkable capabilities. Among other things, they allow us to download PowerPoint slides, maintain a portable workstation, keep neatly typed lecture notes, and stay in touch with friends through social networking sites, texting, and instant messaging. Unfortunately, these devices can also become a significant source of distraction, both for ourselves and others. During class presentations and discussions, please give others the gift of your full attention and avoid activities that could divert us from the purpose of our meetings together (e.g., text messages, movie trailers, social media feeds). In all circumstances, consider the impact of extraneous electronic activities not just on your own learning, but also on those who are attempting to listen to presentations, watch class films, participate in discussions, or offer you their well-considered thoughts and opinions. Students are expected to comply with a simple principle: if it’s a non-urgent matter that might distract you or someone sitting near you, and does not relate directly to what we are covering in class, save it for later.

Additional Considerations As we progress through the term, please remember:

In academics as in life more generally, what we get from an experience depends on what we put into it. Preparation for class (completing reading and writing assignments on time, tracking world events) is the basis for effective learning.

When we come to class prepared to participate and pose questions, we transform the classroom environment, making active and collaborative learning possible. We discover that learning is a communal rather than a solitary endeavor, and that each one of us is a resource for everyone else in the learning process.

The subject matter covered by Peace and Conflict Studies courses is inevitably open to multiple interpretations. This means that you will not always agree with ideas presented in course readings, lectures, and discussions. In such cases, disagreement is often a good thing, so long as it enables you to develop an enhanced capacity to express where you stand in relation to others. What matters most is not whether or not we all agree, but whether or not we are willing to engage one another with respect and integrity.

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Collaborative learning requires not only preparation and self-expression, but also a commitment to active listening. Active listening is a communication skill that we develop as we begin to hear not only words, opinions, and ideas, but also the experiences and the awareness behind them. When we practice active listening, we cease to merely debate and begin to sharpen the focus of our deliberations. We clarify divergent perceptions and develop deeper understanding of contrasting perspectives. We become a clear mirror, reflecting back what we have heard and asking questions to learn rather than to score rhetorical points. In the process, we test and refine our own ideas and those held by others.

Source: http://www.southlondoninterfaith.org.uk/remembrance-sunday/

Schedule of Topics

Week 1 (Jan. 9): Meeting One Another and Defining Our Objectives

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Week 2 (Jan. 16): Peacebuilding with a Cultural Lens

Required Readings:

Augsburger, David W. Conflict Mediation Across Cultures. Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1992.

o Introduction (pp. 1-10), Chapter 1: “Conflict: A Universal, Cultural, and Individual Process” (pp. 11-41), Chapter 2: “Conflict: Creative or Destructive Dynamics” (pp. 42-72).

Avruch, Kevin. Culture and Conflict Resolution. United States Institute of Peace, 1998. o Introduction (pp. 3-4) and Part I: Culture (pp. 5-21, Part II: Conflict Resolution (pp. 23-55).

Thomas, David C. and Kerr Inkson. Cultural Intelligence: Living and Working Globally, 2nd ed. o Chapter 1: “Living and Working in the Global Village” (pp. 1-19), Chapter 2: Cultural

Knowledge” (pp. 20-42), Chapter 3: “Mindfulness and Cross-Cultural Skills” (pp. 43-62).

*Choudhury, Shakil. “Tribes: Belonging Drives Human Behaviour.” Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us vs. Them, pp. 75-95. Toronto: Between the Lines, 2015.

*Hammer, Mitchell R., Milton J. Bennett, and Richard Wiseman. “Measuring Intercultural Sensitivity: The Intercultural Development Inventory.” International Journal of Intercultural Relations, Vol. 27 (2003), read pp. 421-426.

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Further Reading: - Avruch, Kevin. Context and Pretext in Conflict Resolution: Culture, Identity, Power, and Practice. -Boulding, Elise. Cultures of Peace: The Hidden Side of History. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2010. -Cohen, Raymond. Negotiating Across Cultures. United States Institute of Peace, 1997. -Galtung, Johan. Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization. London: SAGE, 1996. -Northrup, Terrell A., “The Dynamic of Identity in Personal and Social Conflict,” in Intractable Conflicts and Their Transformation, ed. Louis Kriesberg, Terrell A. Northrup, and Stuart J. Thorson (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1989). Pp. 55-82. -Ross, Marc Howard. Cultural Contestation in Ethnic Conflict. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. -Trujillo, Mary Adams, et al., eds. Re-Centering Culture and Knowledge in Conflict Resolution Practice. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2008.

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Week 3 (Jan. 23): Religion in Conflict and Peacebuilding

Required Readings:

*Funk, Nathan C. and Christina J. Woolner. “Religion and Peace and Conflict Studies.” In Critical

Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies, ed. Tom Matyók, Jessica Senehi, and Sean Byrne (Lanham, MD:

Lexington Books, 2011), pp. 349-369.

Smith-Christopher, Daniel L., ed. Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions, 10th Anniversary Edition. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Press, 2007.

o Introduction (pp. xiii-xxvii).

o Read at least three of the first six chapters (i.e., from Chapters 1-6).

o Read at least two of the last four chapters (i.e., from Chapters 7-10).

o Epilogue (pp. 197-208).

Further Reading: -Appleby, R. Scott. Ambivalence of the Sacred: Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999. -Byrne, Sean, Thomas Matyók, and Jessica Senehi, eds. Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2014. -Coward, Harold G. and Gordon S. Smith, eds. Religion and Peacebuilding. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2004. -Docherty, Jayne Seminare. Learning Lessons from Waco: When the Parties Bring Their Gods to the Negotiation Table. -Gopin, Marc. Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence, and Peacemaking. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. -Hertog, Katrien. The Complex Reality of Religious Peacebuilding. Lexington Books, 2010. -Johnston, Douglas, ed. Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2003. -Moore, S. K. Military Chaplains as Agents of Peace: Religious Leader Engagement in Conflict and Post-Conflict Environments. Lexington Books, 2014. -Omer, Atalia, R. Scott Appleby, and David Little, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding. Oxford University Press, 2015. -Redekop, Vern Neufeld. From Violence to Blessing: How an Understanding of Deep-Rooted Conflict Can Open Paths to Reconciliation. Toronto: Novalis, 2002. -Rychler, Luc. “Religion and Conflict.” International Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1997): 19-38. -Sampson, Cynthia. “Religion and Peacebuilding.” In Peacemaking in International Conflict, ed. I. William Zartman and J. Lewis Rasmussen, pp. 273-316. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 1997.

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-Siebert, John. “Religion and Violent Conflict: A Practitioner’s Functional Approach.” The Ploughshares Monitor, Vol. 28, No. 2 (Summer 2007), pp. 8-12. -Sisk, Timothy D. Between Terror and Tolerance: Religious Leaders, Conflict, and Peacemaking. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2011. -Smith, David Whitten and Elizabeth Geraldine Burr. Understanding World Religions: A Road Map for Justice and Peace. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007. -Stassen, Glen, ed. Just Peacemaking: The New Paradigm for the Ethics of Peace and War. Cleveland, OH: The Pilgrim Press, 2008. -ter Haar, Gerrie. “Religion: Source of Conflict or Resource for Peace?” In Bridge or Barrier: Religion, Violence and Visions for Peace, ed. Gerrie ter Haar and James J. Busuttil, pp. 3-34. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 2005. -Thomas, Scott. The Global Resurgence of Religion and the Transformation of International Relations: The Struggle for the Soul of the Twenty-First Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. -Yoder, John Howard. Christian Attitudes to War, Peace, and Revolution, ed. Theodore J. Koontz and Andy Alexis-Baker. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos, 2009.

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Week 4 (Jan. 30): Religion and Culture as Peace Resources

Required Readings:

Lederach, John Paul. Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures. o Introduction (pp. 3-10), Chapter 2 (pp. 11-23) Chapter 3 (pp. 25-33).

Avruch, Kevin. Culture and Conflict Resolution. United States Institute of Peace, 1998. o Part III: Frames for Culture and Conflict Resolution (pp. 57-72) and Part IV: “Discourses of

Culture in Conflict Resolution” (pp. 73-108).

Augsburger, David W. Conflict Mediation Across Cultures.

o Chapter 3: “Conflict: The Power of Honor, Dignity, and Face” (pp. 73-112) and Chapter 5:

“Conflict: Triangular in Origin and Resolution” (pp. 143-163).

Further Reading: -Cox, Harvey. “World Religions and Conflict Resolution.” In Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft, ed. Douglas Johnston and Cynthia Sampson, pp. 266-282. New York: Oxford, 1994. -Funk, Nathan C. “Building on What’s Already There: Valuing the Local in International Peacebuilding.” International Journal, Vol. 67, No. 2 (Spring 2012): 391-408. -Oetzel, John G., Bibiana Arcos, Phola Mabizela, A. Michael Weinman. “Historical, Political, and Spiritual Factors of Conflict: Understanding Conflict Perspectives and Communication in the Muslim World, China, Colombia, and South Africa.” In The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice, ed. John G. Oetzel and Stella Ting-Toomey, pp. 549-574. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2006.

Middle Eastern Reconciliation Meeting

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Week 5 (Feb. 6): Change from Within

Required Readings:

Lederach, John Paul. Preparing for Peace: Conflict Transformation Across Cultures. o Chapter 4: “An Analytical Approach to Training” (pp. 37-46), Chapter 5: “The Prescriptive

Model” (pp. 47-53), Chapter 6: “The Elicitive Model” (pp. 55-62), Chapter 7: “Prescriptive and Elicitive: The Critical Tension” (pp. 63-70), Chapter 8: “Language and Metaphor as Natural Resources in Conflict Training” (pp. 73-83, Chapter 9: “So to Whom Do You Turn?” (pp. 85-100), Chapter 11: “Facing Multicultural Settings” (pp. 109-118), Conclusions (pp. 119-122).

Augsburger, David W. Conflict Mediation Across Cultures.

o Chapter 7: “Mediation: The Necessity of a Go-between” (pp. 187-228)

Further Reading:

-Abedbayo, Akanmu G., et al., eds. Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies: Global Perspectives. Lexington Books, 2016. -Heft, James L., ed. Beyond Violence: Religious Sources of Social Transformation in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. New York: Fordham University Press, 2004. -Mac Ginty, Roger. No War, No Peace: The Rejuvenation of Stalled Peace Processes and Peace Accords. New York:

Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

-Malan, Jannie. “Traditional and Local Conflict Resolution.” In People Building Peace II: Successful Stories of Civil Society, ed. Paul van Tongeren, et al., pp. 449-458. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2005. -Richards, Howard and Joanna Swanger. “Culture Change: A Practical Method with a Theoretical Basis.” In

Handbook on Building Cultures of Peace, ed. Joseph de Rivera, pp. 57-70. New York: Springer, 2009.

-Yusuf, Haroon, and Robin Le Mare. “Clan Elders as Conflict Mediators: Somaliland.” In People Building Peace II:

Successful Stories of Civil Society, ed. Paul van Tongeren, et al., pp. 459-465. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner

Publishers, 2005.

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Barn raising in Lansing (Now North York City Centre, Toronto)

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Week 6 (Feb. 13): Case Studies in Religious Peacebuilding (I)

Required Readings:

*Klager, Andrew P. ed. From Suffering to Solidarity: The Historical Seeds of Mennonite Interreligious, Interethnic, and International Peacebuiding. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2015.

o Introduction, by Andrew P. Klager, pp. 1-9. o Chapter 4: “The Beginnings of Mennonite Central Committee and Its Ministry of Peace,” by

Esther Epp-Tiessen (pp. 71-89).

Dubensky, Joyce, ed. Peacemakers in Action, Volume II. Cambridge University Press, 2016. o Chapter 1: “Peacemakers in Action” (pp. 3-16). o Read two: Chapters 2 (Syria), 3 (Iraq), 4 (Israel), 5 (Colombia).

First journal assignment due on Friday, February 17

Further Reading: -Bercovitch, Jacob and S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana. “Religion and Mediation: The Role of Faith-Based Actors in International Conflict Resolution.” International Negotiation, Vol. 14 (2009), pp. 175-204. -Chappell, David W., ed. Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 1999. -Funk, Nathan C. and Abdul Aziz Said. “Islam and the West: Narratives of Conflict and Conflict Transformation.” International Journal of Peace Studies, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Spring/Summer 2004): 1-28. -Johnston, Douglas. “Faith-Based Organizations: The Religious Dimension of Peacebuilding.” In People Building Peace II: Successful Stories of Civil Society, ed. Paul van Tongeren, et al., pp. 209-218. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005. -Little, David. Peacemakers in Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. -Luttwak, Edward. “Franco-German Reconciliation.” Religion, the Missing Dimension of Statecraft, ed. Douglas Johnston and Cynthia Sampson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. -Sampson, Cynthia and John Paul Lederach, eds. From the Ground Up: Mennonite Contributions to International Peacebuilding. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

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No class Feb. 20 – Reading Week

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Week 7 (Feb. 27): Case Studies in Religious Peacebuilding (II)

Required Readings:

Dubensky, Joyce, ed. Peacemakers in Action, Volume II. o Read two: Chapters 6 (Afghanistan), 7 (Congo), 8 (Pakistan) o Read about six of the fourteen peacemakers profiled in Chapter 9 o Chapter 10: “Understanding Religious Peacebuilding” (pp. 489-512).

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Further Reading: -Abu-Nimer, Mohammed. Nonviolence and Peacebuilding in Islam: Theory and Practice. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2003. -Dhammayietra Centre. “The Dhammayietra Peace Walk in Cambodia.” In People Building Peace II: Successful Stories of Civil Society, ed. Paul van Tongeren, et al., pp. 233-238. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005. -Eppsteiner, Fred, ed. The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1988. -Gopin, Marc. Holy War, Holy Peace: How Religion Can Bring Peace to the Middle East. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. -Huda, Qamar-ul, ed. Crescent and Dove: Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2010. -Kathleen Kern, “Christian Peacemaker Teams,” in Nonviolent Intervention Across Borders: A Recurrent Vision, ed. Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan and Thomas Weber (Honolulu, Hawai’i: Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawai’i, 2000), pp. 175-190. -Kraft, Kenneth. Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992. -Sivaraksa, Sulak. Conflict, Culture, and Change: Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World. Wisdom Publications, 2005. -United States Institute of Peace. Religious Contributions to Peacemaking: When Religion Brings Peace, Not War. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2006. -United States Institute of Peace. Reports on Religion and Peacemaking. http://www.usip.org/pubs/reports.html. -Weber, Thomas. “Gandhi, Deep Ecology, Peace Research, and Buddhist Economics.” Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 36, No. 3 (1999): 349-362.

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Week 8 (Mar. 6): Gender and Peacebuilding in Religious and Cultural Contexts

Required Readings:

Hayward, Susan, and Katherine Marshall. Women, Religion, and Peacebuilding: Illuminating the

Unseen. United States Institute of Peace, 2015.

o Chapter 1: “Religious Women’s Invisibility” (pp. 1-27).

o Part I: “Women Peacebuilders” (pp. 29-39).

o Read one: Chapters 2, 3, 4, 5.

o Part II: “Women and Faith in Action” (pp. 127-142).

o Read one: Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

o Chapter 13: “Strengthening Religious Women’s Work for Peace” (pp. 283-297).

o Chapter 14: “Conclusion” (pp. 299-311).

Augsburger, David W. Conflict Mediation Across Cultures.

o Chapter 6: “Gender: Conflict Differences and Conflict Styles” pp. 164-186

Further Reading:

-Aderlini, Sanam. Women Building Peace: What They Do, Why It Matters. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2007. -Eliatambe, Maneshka, ed. Women Waging War and Peace: International Perspectives on Women’s Roles in Conflict and Post-Conflict Reconstruction. Bloomsbury Academic, 2011. -Porter, Elisabeth. Peacebuilding: Women in International Perspective. Routledge, 2007.

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Week 9 (Mar. 13): Interfaith Dialogue and Bridgebuilding

Required Readings:

Smock, David R., ed. Interfaith Dialogue and Peacebuilding. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2002.

o Introduction and Chapters 1-3 (pp. 3-60). o Read either Chapter 4 (Young) or Chapter 5 (Steele). o Chapter 6: “Mitigation in Northern Ireland,” by Liechty (pp. 89-101). o Read either Chapter 7 (Schneier) or Chapter 8 (Gibbs). o Conclusion (pp. 127-131).

Further Reading: -Abu-Nimer, Mohammed. “Conflict Resolution, Culture, and Religion: Toward a Training Model of Interreligious Peacebuilding.” Journal of Peace Research, Vol. 38, No. 6 (2001): 685-704. -Balmer, Brice H. Meeting Our Multifaith Neighbors. Waterloo, ON: Herald Press, 2006. -Thistlethwaite, Susan, ed. Interfaith Just Peacemaking: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. -Garfinkle, Renee. What Works? Evaluating Interfaith Dialogue Programs. Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace, 2004. http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr123.html. -Hellwig, Monika K. “Peacefulness, a Personal Discipline.” In A Case for Peace in Reason and Faith, pp. 77-89. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1992. -Hinze, Bradford E. “Jewish, Christian, Muslim Trialogue.” Heirs of Abraham, dd. B. Hinze and Irfan Omar. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2005. -Landau, Yehezkel. Healing the Holy Land: Interreligious Peacebuilding in Israel/Palestine. Washington, DC: USIP, 2003. Available online at www.usip.org/pubs/peaceworks/pwks51.html. -Kung, Hans, ed. Yes to a Global Ethic. New York: Continuum, 1996. -Widjaja, Paulus S. “Recognizing the Other’s Insecurity: Experiences of Christian-Muslim Relations in Indonesia.” In At Peace and Unafraid, ed. Duane K. Friesen and Gerald W. Schlabach, pp. 261-274. Waterloo, ON: Herald Press, 2005. -Wuye, James and Muhammad Ashafa. “The Pastor and the Imam: The Muslim-Christian Dialogue Forum in Nigeria.” In People Building Peace II: Successful Stories of Civil Society, ed. Paul van Tongeren, et al. (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2005), pp. 226-232.

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Week 10 (Mar. 20): No Class (Research Time)

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Week 11 (Mar. 27): Intercultural Engagement as Peacebuilding

Required Readings:

Thomas, David C. and Kerr Inkson. Cultural Intelligence: Living and Working Globally, 2nd ed. o Chapter 5: “Communicating, Negotiating, and Resolving Conflicts across Cultures” (pp. 84-

106), Chapter 6: “Motivating and Leading across Cultures” (pp. 107-128), Chapter 7: “Working with Multicultural Groups and Teams” (pp. 129-150), Chapter 8: “Developing Cultural Intelligence in a Global World” (pp. 151-173), Conclusion (pp. 174-178).

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Further Reading: -Calloway-Thomas, Carolyn. Empathy in the Global World: An Intercultural Perspective. London: Sage, 2009. -Dresser, Norine. Multicultural Manners: Essential Rules of Etiquette for the 21st Century. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2005. -LeBaron, Michelle. Bridging Cultural Conflicts: A New Approach for a Changing World. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003. -Rothman, Jay. Resolving Identity-Based Conflicts in Nations, Organizations, and Communities. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1997. -Shaules, Joseph. A Beginner’s Guide to the Deep Cultural Experience: Beneath the Surface. London: Intercultural Press, 2010. -Traer, Robert. Faith in Human Rights: Support in Religious Traditions for a Global Struggle. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1991. -Weaver, Gary R., ed. Culture, Communication and Conflict: Readings in Intercultural Relations. Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing, 1998.

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Week 12 (Apr. 3): Reconciliation

Required Readings:

Augsburger, David W. Conflict Mediation Across Cultures.

o Chapter 8: “Conflict: Cycles, Pathways, and Patterns” (pp. 229-258)

o Chapter 9: “Reconciliation: The Many Faces of Forgiveness” (pp. 259-287)

Second journal assignment due at the start of class today

Further Reading: -Assefa, Hizkias. Peace and Reconciliation as a Paradigm. Nairobi, Kenya: Nairobi Peace Initiative, 1993. -Hadley, Michael L., ed. The Spiritual Roots of Restorative Justice. State University of New York Press, 2001. -Henderson, Michael. No Enemy to Conquer: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2009. -Lederach, John Paul. The Journey Toward Reconciliation. Waterloo, ON: Herald Press, 1999. -Schirch, Lisa. Ritual and Symbol in Peacebuilding. Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press, 2005. -Shriver, Donald. An Ethic for Enemies: Forgiveness in Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. -Tutu, Desmond. No Future Without Forgiveness. Toronto: Random House, 1999.

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Week 13 (Apr. 10): Presentations

Final research paper due; presentations

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