Goals and Objectives
- To increase knowledge and awareness of basic issues of war, peace, justice, and nonviolence.
- To enhance motivation to act upon these issues.
- To provide exposure to the religious traditions of the school relating to Peace & Justice.
- To develop skills needed for active involvement in the field.
- To instill long term commitment to this field.
- To generate openness for the study of social, racial and gender equality.
The Required Course:
PJRU 3110
Introduction to Peace and Justice
Studies ( 4 Credits)
Examines in greater or lesses detail: the rationale for peace and justice studies, the history of the arms race, the development of instruments for peaceful resolution of international conflicts, the history of civil disobediance and nonviolence direct action for bringing about social change, the ethical dilemmas posed by resistance to unjust authority and nonviolence movement in the contempory world.
The Certificate
Five course:
Students who wish to obtain a certificate in Peace and Justice Studies must take PJRU 3110, which serves as an overview of the topics and approaches covered in the program, and fourr additional courses from at least three different departments ( academic disciplines.)
Of Interest:
Elective Course offered by:
Chris Brandt
PJLU 3320
The News in Poetry
An examination of poetry of religious or political (or simply prohuman) resistance, written by poets from a variety of cultures who have been surveilled, exiled, jailed, tortured, disappeared, sent to gulags or outright killed.
KEY AREAS:
- War and the arms race
- Social, racial and gender equality
- Economic and environmental justice
- Causes and resolution of conflict
- Philosiphies of nonviolence
- Strategies for community and cultural empowerment
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