Peace And Conflict Flashcards
Why do wars occur?
- self defence - defend your country
- economics - water, land, oil
- fear - scared of others
- pride - prove a point
- revenge
Case Study:
Syria
- ANTI-GOV protests - gov got angry about revolution
- REACTION- very violent, chemical weapons
- ETHNIC SPLITS - disputes on how to go about things
- ISIS - took opportunity and wanted to make Syria base to spread.
UN helping Syria
Peacekeeping forces
Humanitarian Aid
Fact finding mission
Others
Peacekeeping Forces
•soldiers sent BUT in 2012 violence escalated so they left.
Humanitarian Aid
- Give resources
- refugee camps
- WHO helped
Fact Finding mission
Force sent - chemical weapons
- 2013 - 1 yr to destroy
- 2015 - identify those responsible
Others
- conflict resolution
- peace talks
- arms control
UN
Success / Failure
✅/❌
✅ ———-❌
•weapons destroyed BUT some left
•Intervention BUT increased violence
•Force BUT had to leave
Religious Organisations
Teach
Help
Encourage
Educate
- World Council of Churches - heal divisions.
- Pax Christi- oppose war.
- Muslim Peace Fellowship- world peace.
- Islamic Relief- help was victims.
Just War Theory
1- War declared by govt. 2- Just Cause. 3- Just intention. 4- Last resort after negotiations. 5- Reasonable chance of success. 6- No innocent civilians killed.
Why is Just War Theory important?
- Developed by St Thomas to help religious leaders.
- Aim of peace
- Last resort after everything is tried
- Loss of life is minimal (not intention)
- fair
Christians and War
✅
- accepted by churches
- laws of land
- Lesser of 2 evils
- Violence is sometimes necessary
Christians and War
❌
- 10 Comm. - ‘Thou shall not kill’
- Jesus - love your enemy
- WMD - unimaginable suffering
- Jesus stopped P
Christians and Pacifism
- Absolute pacifism - no engagement
- Relative/ selective - no engagement ( certain circumstances)
- Nuclear - no nuclear weapons
Muslims and War
✅
Islam means peace but Qur’an shows it isn’t easy.
- expected to defend Islam
- Q- no pacifism
- Q-encourages to fight in wars
- aim for peace the OK
Muslim and War
❌
- I - peace and recon @ heart
- WMD - not compatible
- modern wars- innocent die
- violence=violence
Christians + Muslims
BULLYING
1• No just cause - violence must have cause
2• Creation - created by them- bullying is mistreating
3• GOLDEN RULE
4•JUDGEMENT- be judged on life ( not pleased.
Sympathy for bullying
✅
- bullies are suffering and need help.
- bullies are in need of education
- ‘Love thy neighbour’ - help over punish.
No sympathy for bullying
❌
- they must be stopped
- no excuse for hurting others
- Golden rule
School do enough?
✅ and ❌
✅ - part of life so tackle elsewhere.
❌- always more.
- best place to educate
Conflicts in NR families
- school
- moral
- money
- choice of friends
Religious family - conflict
Social Behaviour - alcohol, socialising. •Moral Issues - Cohabiting •Jobs and careers •Choice of partner - another faith •Raiding children - diff. Views
More conflict in religious families?
✅ • Added pressure to follow the religion •Difficult to accept if child doesn't want religion ❌ •Every fam has conflict •Diff conflict - diff. people
Christians + Forgiveness
- God is living
- Jesus died on the cross to bring forgiveness and reconciliation
- Love your enemies
- Bible - how many times should I forgive? 70x7
Unforgivable?
- conflict where Bible has definite view (murder)
* hard to follow religion when view is strong.
Muslims and Forgiveness
- Allah is forgiving
- Judgement
- Muhammad taught it
- Qur’an teaches it.
Forgiveness and Hajj
•pray for forgiveness - forgive
Unforgivable?
- Against Islam
- Denying principles of Muslims
- Images of Muhammed
