Index of Posts on the Practices of Just Peacemaking
10 Practices of Just Peacemaking
JPT Practice # 1: Support Nonviolent Direct Action
JPT Practice #2: Take Independent Initiatives to Reduce Threats
JPT Practice # 3: Use Conflict Resolution Methods
JPT Practice #4: Acknowledge Responsibility/Seek Repentance, Forgiveness
JPT Practice #5: Advance Democracy, Human Rights, Religious Liberty
JPT Practice #6: Foster Just & Sustainable Economic Development
JPT Practice #7: Work with Emerging Forces of Cooperation in the International System
JPT Practice # 8: Strengthen the United Nations & Other Global Efforts for Human Rights/Cooperation
JPT Practice # 9: Reduce/Eliminate Offensive Weapons & the Weapons Trade
JPT Practice # 10: Encourage Grassroots Peacemaking Groups & Voluntary Associations
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Michael L. Westmoreland-White, Ph.D. I live in Louisville, KY USA with my wife, Kate, and our two wonderful daughters. My wife, Kate, is a Baptist minister. Our daughters are Molly (’95) and Miriam (’99). I am a former soldier converted to gospel nonviolence and a once (and future?) academic theologian turned peace activist, author, and peace educator. Contact me at mlw-w@insightbb.com
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You say that the International Criminal Court needs to be strengthened. Will the UN need to use violence or force to enforce its will? I mean, if our participation in the court is completely voluntary, then it’s kind of meaningless, right?
James, quit trying to give me “gotcha” questions. These are not my personal views. These are the 10 practices of a consensus of scholars endorsing Just Peacemaking. Some of those scholars are pacifists, but the majority are not–they are just war theorists. I do not know if all enforcement mechanisms have been worked out.
The questions between pacifists and just war theorists have centered on “when, if ever, is it morally justifiable to make war?” The practices of Just Peacemaking focus, instead, on what will make a more just and peaceful world. It’s a new ethical paradigm and still in early stages of development.
It’s just that Nicolae Carpathia’s global community (in Left Behind) went through my mind when I looked at those links, and that somewhat scared me…
Seems like James has asked a fair question. The issue isn’t how a just war advocate would respond to his question. They would say that of course the ICC should use violence to back up its decisions, just as they would say that a US court can use violence to enforce its decisions. The question is what a pacifist would say. I must say Michael that you do yourself no credit by dodging these questions or impugning the motives of those who ask them.
James, it frightens me that anyone would have anything from Left Behind going through his mind. To let it inspire theological observations is diabolical. Just leave me behind.
Thanks for posting this index, Michael! Glen covered the ten practices last week at Peace Camp and so now is a good time to revisit this series. Apart from the two books that Glen has put out on this, are you aware of any study guides on the ten practices that would be appropriate for small group study? Thanks!