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Book SynopsisThe just peace movement offers a critical shift in focus and imagination. Recognizing that all life is sacred and seeking peace through violence is unsustainable, the just peace approach turns our attention to rehumanization, participatory processes, nonviolent resistance, restorative justice, reconciliation, racial justice, and creative strategies of active nonviolence to build sustainable peace, transform conflict, and end cycles of violence. A Just Peace Ethic Primer illuminates a moral framework behind this praxis and proves its versatility in global contexts. With essays by a diverse group of scholars, A Just Peace Ethic Primer outlines the ethical, theological, and activist underpinnings of a just peace ethic.These essays also demonstrate and revise the norms of a just peace ethic through conflict cases involving US immigration, racial and environmental justice, and the death penalty, as well as gang violence in El Salvador, civil war in South Sudan, ISIS in Iraq, gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, women-led activism in the Philippines, and ethnic violence in Kenya. A Just Peace Ethic Primer exemplifies the ecumenical, interfaith, and multicultural aspects of a nonviolent approach to preventing and transforming violent conflict. Scholars, advocates, and activists working in politics, history, international law, philosophy, theology, and conflict resolution will find this resource vital for providing a fruitful framework and implementing a creative vision of sustainable peace.
Trade ReviewIt is a book that deserves to be read, and when and where possible discussed by peacemaking groups here in the U.S. and around the world. * The Englewood Review of Books *
Table of ContentsA Fertile Moment: Context and ScopeEli S. McCarthy Part I. Framing Essays 1. A "Manual" for Escaping Our Vicious Cycles: Practical Guidance from the Sermon on the Mount for a Just Peace EthicGerald W. Schlabach 2. Catholic Tradition on Peace, War, and Just PeaceLisa Sowle Cahill 3. Just Peace Ethic: A Virtue-Based ApproachEli S. McCarthy Part II. US Domestic Cases 4. Just Peace, Just Sanctuary: Immigration and Ecclesial NonviolenceLeo Guardado 5. Environmental Justice: May Justice and Peace Flow Like a RiverNancy M. Rourke 6. Becoming Authentically Catholic and Truly Black: On the Condition of the Possibility of a Just Peace Approach to Anti-Black ViolenceAlex Mikulich 7. Ending the Death Penalty in the United States: One Step toward a Just PeaceDaniel Cosacchi Part III. International Cases 8. Making Just Peace Possible: How the Church Can Bridge People Power and Peace BuildingMaria J. Stephan 9. Living Just Peace in South Sudan: Protecting People Nonviolently in the Midst of WarMel Duncan and John Ashworth 10. Addressing Gang Violence in El Salvador: Envisioning a Just Peace ApproachJosé Henríquez Leiva 11. ISIS and Ezidis: Using Just Peace ApproachesPeggy Faw Gish 12. Making Just Peace a Reality in Kenya: A New "Flavor" to PeacebuildingTeresia Wamũyũ Wachira 13. Virtue-Based Just Peace Approach and the Challenges of Rape as a Weapon of War: The Case of the Democratic Republic of CongoLéocadie Lushombo 14. Women Count for Peace: Women's Engagement in Track II Diplomacy of the Mindanao Peace ProcessJasmin Nario-Galace Conclusion and Next StepsEli S. McCarthy About the Contributors Index
