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1. Journal for Peace and Justice Studies: Volume > 29 > Issue: 1
Joshua R. Snyder Should Transitional Justice Promote Forgiveness?: Insights from Guatemala’s Recovery of Historical Memory Project
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Over the past thirty years, transitional justice scholars have grappled with whether, and to what extent, post-conflict societies should foster forgiveness. In response to this question, this article argues that forgiveness is a legitimate goal of transitional justice, but that interpersonal forgiveness cannot be mandated by the government. It will look to the example of Guatemala to demonstrate how the recovery of narrative truth through individual and communal acts of remembrance enabled forgiveness while at the same time affirmed the need for justice. The article proceeds in two parts. First, it explores the praxis of forgiveness and the role of narrative truth and the healing of memory as constitutive elements of forgiveness. Second, it argues that Guatemala’s Recovery of Historical Memory Project (REMHI) is an illustration of this praxis. Finally, this article argues against conceptions of forgiveness that promote forgetting the past and forgoing justice.
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Leonardo Luna, Sean Byrne The Conflict Between the Indigenous Nasa Community and the Colombian Government: A Social Cubism Analysis
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Izzeddin Hawamda Systemic Influences of Newcomer Violence in Canada
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As a result of the perception that newcomer youths are inherently dangerous, there is a limited understanding of the systemic factors in Canadian society that contribute to newcomer youths susceptibility to involvement in criminal activity or violence. Therefore, there is also limited information about what can be done to better support newcomer youths that are vulnerable to involvement in dangerous or illegal activity. It is my contention that while existing research is valuable in that it discusses how family, education, and community impact newcomer youth violence, the degree to which these factors are systemic is under-represented. In order to adequately intervene and prevent newcomer youth violence and criminal activity it is necessary to avoid demonizing the individual and, instead, focus on holding public policy accountable and changing social, political, and economic systems.
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Julie Putnam Hart Pathways to Pacifism and Antiwar Activism among US Veterans: the Role of Moral Identity in Personal Transformation
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Kristen Urban Judaism, Christianity & Islam In Dialogue: The Creation Narrative, the Individual & Inner Peace
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While most studies on the Abrahamic religions focus on the community of believers, this paper explores aspects of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam that foster “peace within” for the individual believer. It brings all three traditions into conversation with one another and is grounded in the understanding that the believer must find inner peace before s/he can make peace with the larger world. Given that Jews, Christians, and Muslims share a common spiritual ancestor Abraham, this study draws upon their theological narratives of the Creation Story, which highlights understandings of God and His relationship with humankind. For the believer, this relationship aids in the validation of others and fosters self-discovery in ways that lead to empowerment, helping the believer to find that small space in her wide-awake world where she can act.
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Patrick Henry Mysticism Among the Activists: Dorothy Day and Daniel Berrigan
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Samer Abboud The Identitarians: The Movement Against Globalism and Islam in Europe
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Laurie Gagne Plowshares: Protest, Performance and Religious Identity in the Nuclear Age
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Rand Herz Radical Conflict: Essays on Violence, Intractability, and Communication
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Eric Kindler Jon Sobrino: Spiritual Writings
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James P. O’Sullivan Because Water is Life: Catholic Social Teaching Confronts Earth’s Water Crisis
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Bernard G. Prusak At Play in the Lions’ Den: A Biography and Memoir of Daniel Berrigan
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Notes on Contributors
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