Witnessing Peace

Becoming Agents Under Duress in Colombia
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-19743-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

Reihe: Transforming Political Theologies

This book, rooted in the disciplines of theology and peace studies, reflects with and on war-affected communities in Colombia about transitioning from violence to peace. It argues that much that is significant for peace- building in situations of war escapes the notice of governments, human rights organizations, and academics because it is accomplished through a kind of agency they do not recognize. This book names that agency as constructive agency under duress and demonstrates its significance for peacebuilding by reflecting on a form that the author has seen operating in Colombia over nearly two decades.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunter-Bowman, Janna L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1 The making of duress; 2 Agents under duress and the frayed edges of human rights and post-structuralist alternatives; 3 Now time; 4 Gradual time; 5 State of change: Pauline principalities and powers as a model for a political theology of peacebuilding; 6 A nonviolent political theology of peacebuilding

Über Autor(innen)

Janna L. Hunter-Bowman is Assistant Professor of Peace Studies and Christian Social Ethics at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, USA.