Cultivating Civic Virtue and Educating for Peace: Insights from Transitional Justice
Transitional justice seeks to address how democratic transitions take place following a period of repressive rule or internal conflict. Peace education is essential as a divided society moves from violence toward the peaceful, pluralistic coexistence of former adversaries. By focusing on the Guatema...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
Year: 2025, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 111-130 |
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| Summary: | Transitional justice seeks to address how democratic transitions take place following a period of repressive rule or internal conflict. Peace education is essential as a divided society moves from violence toward the peaceful, pluralistic coexistence of former adversaries. By focusing on the Guatemalan Catholic Church, this essay demonstrates the value of a localized, religious approach for transitional justice. It shows how religion can play a positive, public role in facilitating transitional justice initiatives and how the Guatemalan Catholic Church did this through its pastoral approach to peace education. |
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| ISSN: | 2326-2176 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Society of Christian Ethics, Journal of the Society of Christian Ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/jsce202535127 |
