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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"Peacemaking"”.
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Religion and peacemaking in Sierra Leone.
This thesis concerns religion as a peacemaking tool in Sierra Leone. The vast majority of people in Sierra Leone consider themselves to be Christians, Muslims and / or adherents of African Traditional Religion (ATR). This thesis examines the role of religious leaders and religious communities in …
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Peacemaking in Africa : - a critical analysis of the relationship between the African Union and African sub-regional organizations in recent peacemaking initiatives
… comes to take the leading role in managing a peacemaking intervention. More specifically, it considers which criteria, if any, are used in the choice of a lead actor in peacemaking efforts, and how the principles of 'subsidiarity, complementarity and comparative advantage,' as laid out in the …
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Making Peace (Peacemaking) in Uganda: Theological Underpinning and Pastoral Ministries
This dissertation is a study about peacemaking in Uganda. The people of Uganda have suffered from frequent, long running violent political conflicts for many decades. In particular, I focus on the war in northern Uganda that started in 1986 and gradually developed into the Lord's Resistance …
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An Anabaptist paradigm for conflict transformation : critical reflections on peacemaking in Zimbabwe
This thesis outlines a proposal from an explicitly religious standpoint of the key dimensions of peacebuilding, focusing particularly on mediation and facilitation as a primary task. What is the value of such a study? My initial responses in the paragraphs which follow are made at the broadest …
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Peacemaking in early modern Europe: Cardinal Mazarin and the Congress of Westphalia, 1643-1648
The Congress of Westphalia has always been famous for two things: as the first modern multilateral peace conference, and for lasting more than five years. Most observers blame the failure to conclude a truce during the peace talks as the crucial reason for the length of the negotiations; statesmen …
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A critical analysis of South African peacemaking in the conflicts in the Great Lakes region
The Great Lakes region, where conflict resolution and peace operations have been a challenge for 40 years, has been the site of continuous conflicts in the 1960s and 1990s. Despite South Africa's enormous contribution as a peacemaker in the region since 1996, the situation in eastern Democratic …
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An analysis of the concept of “peacemaking through blood” in Colossians 1.20b: the Graeco-Roman and Jewish background
… christological configuration of the concept of peacemaking through blood in Colossians lies precisely in the incongruity between its message and the familiar frames known to the Gentile/Jewish audience in Colossae. The thesis is divided into two main parts bracketed by an introductory chapter …
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Cinema, Race, and Justice: A Qualitative Analysis of Selected Themes.
… analysis incorporating restorative justice and peacemaking perspectives. The 7 films examined in this study included <em>12 Angry Men</em>, <em>A Family Thing</em>, <em>American History X</em>, <em>American Me</em>, <em>Crash</em>, <em>Shawshank Redemption</em>, and <em>Traffic</em>. The …
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The failure of the SADC organ : regional security arrangements in southern Africa, 1992-2003
… these circumstances SADC had a woeful record of peacemaking and was distinguished chiefly by its fractious internal quarrels. The major disagreements were around the orientation and strategies of peacemaking and regional security. The formation of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security …
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The Gun in US American Life: An Ethnographic Christian Ethics
… In dialogue with the just war tradition, just peacemaking theory, and other theoretical frameworks of analysis, I draw upon this account to develop my Christian ethical proposals. </p><p>Chapter one gives an account of why just war and Christian pacifism are insufficient for developing a …
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Pragmatic Holiness in the Early Salvation Army: A Theology of Holiness as Action
… three topics: 1) covenantal living; 2) militant peacemaking; and 3) community.
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Expanding the European Union's Petersberg tasks: requirements and capabilities
… of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking. The updated tasks add conflict prevention, joint disarmament, military advice and assistance, post-conflict stabilization, and support to third countries in combating terrorism. The thesis focuses on the requirements of these tasks and …
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Sustaining the peace in northern Uganda: exploring the potential for community participation in conflict resolution processes
… the potential for community participation in peacemaking and conflict resolution processes, with particular emphasis on the nature and level of that participation. The researcher adopted an exploratory, qualitative research design. The Acholi region of Northern Uganda was targeted for this …
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Middle school students' willingness to participate in a school-based conflict management program
… management programs (e.g., Skillstreaming, Peacemaking, and Outdoor Adventure) and different types of program leaders (e.g., teachers, school counselors, social workers, and youth care workers). The Conflict Management Intervention Participation Scale (CMIPS) was also constructed to assess …
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«Tentare ogni mezzo onde riunirli». Polizia e conflitti familiari a Bologna nel XIX secolo
… attention to non-judiciary practices of peacemaking to compare them with the official way of dealing with family disorder and to obtain a reliable frame of Nineteenth century police action.
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Peace/time landscape proposals for the Israeli and Palestinian border
… of sovereignty and oppression to a medium of peacemaking. In truth, the individual proposals for peace landscape represented here together form one proposal: to shape the built landscape indirectly by operating directly on human consciousness.
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Individual and Collective Diaspora Remittances in the Philippines and Korea: An Interpretation of Narrative Identity, Communicative Action, and Recognition
… provide the narratives on financial support and peacemaking endeavors between the North Korea and selected institutions in the United States.</p> <p>Findings</p> <p>The study revealed two findings: remittance receivers in the Philippines are often young. They are given the responsibility to …
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