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Nicolás Paz, Catholic Nonviolence Initiative Programme Officer reflects on nonviolence and legitimate self-defence as one of the challenges of Synod on synodality.

‘Just War’ and the Catholic Church

Table of Contents Just Peace Resources Just Peace Ethic, A short introduction and framework A Just Peace Ethic Primer: Breaking Cycles of Violence and Building Sustainable Peace (2020), edited by Eli McCarthy. Includes case studies such as environmental justice in the U.S., immigration in the U.S., South Sudan, Iraq, Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, El Salvador and the Philippines. Sample Case applications of a just peace approach: - Gaza (Inkstick, 2023), Gaza (National Catholic Reporter, 2024) - Ukraine (Jesuit Conversations, 2022), Accompaniment in Ukraine (Journal of Catholic Social Thought, 2023) - Boko Haram (Journal of Interreligious Studies, 2024) - Immigration in the United States (Just Peace Primer, 2020) - ISIS (Huffington Post, 2014); ISIS (Just Peace Primer, 2020) - Iran (The Hill, 2019) - Syria (Global Day of Action resource, 2016) - Nuclear Weapons (America Magazine, 2015) - Armed Drones (U.S. conference of religious institutes, 2013) Additional Resources: - Just War as a Theory, Just Peace as a Virtue, by Lisa Sowle Cahill (Studies in Christian Ethics, 2024) - A Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace (ed. Fernando Enns +, 2023) - Public Health and National Security (Responsible Statecraft, 2020); Global Health and Security Strategy (Political Theology, 2020) - Just Peace Ethic panel: “A Manual for Escaping our Vicious Cycles” by Gerald Schlabach, “The Changing Vision of Just Peace in Catholic Social Teaching” by Lisa Cahill, and “A Virtue-Based Just Peace Ethic” by Eli McCarthy; in Journal of Moral Theology, p. 86-108. Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2018 | Published by Journal of Moral Theology (scholasticahq.com) - What is Just Peace?, by Gerald Schlabach (2018) - Ecumenical Call to Just Peace, by World Council of Churches (2011) Peace and Nonviolence Education Curriculum Material Elementary/primary level (5-10 years of age) - Golden Thread: Nonviolent Followers of Jesus - Living in Harmony: Empowering Children to Become World Harmony Builders - Creating a Culture of Peace: A Practical Guide for Schools, Peaceful Schools International, written as part of a United States Institute of Peace funded project with 25 pilot schools in Karachi, Pakistan - The Peaceable School, Manual: General Introduction and Specimen Lessons, CED-Groep (Netherlands) - Creating the Peaceable School: A comprehensive guide for teaching conflict resolution, Richard Bodine, Donna Crawford, Fred Schrumpf - Peace Scholars: Creative Conflict Solving, Grace Contrino Abrams Peace Education Foundation, Miami, Florida, U.S. - The Friendly Classroom for a Small Planet: A handbook on Creative Approaches to Living and Problem Solving for Children – Children’s Creative Response to Conflict Program - Teaching Towards a Culture of Peace in Early Childhood Education Classrooms, Samantha Ferber, University of San Francisco - Live Peace, Teach Peace: Best Practices and Tools, by MJ and Jerry Park, Little Friends for Peace  Middle school (10-13 years of age) - Peace Scholars: Creative Conflict Solving, Peace Education Foundation - The Young Peacemaker: Student Activity Book, Peacemaker Ministries - Peacebuilding toolkit for educators: Middle school edition, US Institute of Peace - Peaceful solutions: Conflict resolution and violence prevention strategies: A teacher’s guide, WNET Educational [...]

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Recommended Reads Here are some recommended books on the topics of nonviolence and just peace. Thanks to Tobias Winright for suggestions on the just peace reading list published through the National Catholic Reporter. A Faith Embracing All Creatures – Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Care for Animals (Edited by Tripp York and Andy Alexis-Baker) A Faith Not Worth Fighting For – Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Nonviolence (Edited by Tripp York and Justin Bronson Barringer) A Pilgrim People – Becoming a Catholic Peace Church (Gerald W. Schlabach) A World Free from Nuclear Weapons (Edited by Drew Christiansen, SJ and Carole Sargent) Becoming Nonviolent Peacemakers – A Virtue Ethic for Catholic Social Teaching and U.S. Policy (Eli Sasaran McCarthy) Christian Peace and Nonviolence (Michael G. Long)