Institute Resources

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Gospel Nonviolence and the Life of the Church

• Toward a Foundational Theology of Nonviolence – Results of 2018 Catholic Nonviolence Initiative roundtable process
• Notre tradition non-violente, par Père John Dear et Ken Butigan
• Contemporary scriptural exegesis ethics on Jesus’ nonviolence, by Dr. Terrence Rynne, Marquette University
  • Une vue d’ensemble contemporaine de l’exégèse des textes sacrés et l’éthique sur la non-violence de Jésus, par Dr. Terrence Rynne, Marquette University
• No longer legitimating war: Christians and Just Peace, by Rose Marie Berger, Sojourners
• Nonviolence and Just Peace: A New Moral Framework for Catholic Theology in the Context of a Violent World – Summary Results of 2018 Catholic Nonviolence Initiative roundtable process
• Nonviolence in the Church – Results of 2018 Catholic Nonviolence Initiative roundtable process
• The university’s responsibility for peace and nonviolence, by Ken Butigan (CNI executive committee; DePaul University)
• Official Catholic social thought on Gospel nonviolence, by Dr. Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College
  • Pensée officielle catholique sur la non-violence évangélique, par Dr. Lisa Sowle Cahill, Boston College
• Walking Together Nonviolently: Reflections on Synodality and Nonviolence, by Marie Dennis and Ken Butigan
• No longer legitimating war: Christians and Just Peace, by Rose Marie Berger
  • Ce n’est plus une guerre légitime: chrétiens et la paix juste, par Rose Marie Berger, Sojourners
• Jesus Nonviolence According to the Gospels – Results of 2018 Catholic Nonviolence Initiative roundtable process
• Our nonviolence tradition, by Dr. Ken Butigan (DePaul University, Pace e Bene) and Fr. John Dear (Campaign Nonviolence)
• Gospel-based Theology of Nonviolence

Nonviolent Practice and Strategic Power

• Peaceful Societies: Alternatives to Violence and War — Department of Anthropology, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
• Global Nonviolent Action Database (GNAD) — Swarthmore College
• Nonviolence International’s Leading Change Network – Nonviolence & Civil Resistance Resource Center
• Creating Safer Spaces Database
• SNAP: Synergizing Nonviolent Action and Peacemaking — A Guide for Trainers and Practitioners — U.S. Institute of Peace
• International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) Resource Library
• Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict — Erica Chenoweth & Maria Stephan
• Wielding nonviolence in the midst of conflict, by Ellen Furnari (editor)
• Education and training in nonviolent resistance, by Nadine Bloch, U.S. Institute of Peace
• Nonviolent and Violent Campaigns and Outcomes (NAVCO) Data Project, Josef Korbel School of International Policy, University of Denver
• Nonviolence International Nonviolent Tactics Database
• Nonviolence International and the Rutgers University International Institute for Peace Digital Library of Nonviolent Resistance, an open access online digital collection of training manuals and related material.

Contextual Experiences of Nonviolence

Examples of applied nonviolence

• Holy Trinity Peace Village (Kuron, South Sudan)
• Tent of Nations (Palestine)
• Civil resistance vs. ISIS, by Maria Stephan
• Nonviolent civilian-based defense (Metta Center)
• Restorative justice (Centre for Justice and Reconciliation)
• Conflict transformation, by John Paul Lederach
• Trauma healing, by Eric Brahm
• Nonviolent Peaceforce
• Community Peacemaker Teams
• Operation Dove
• Unarmed Civilian Protection (UN briefing, Oct 2016, video password: nojustwar)
• Rapinoe and Rackete: Two captains of civil disobedience to inhuman orders, by Pietro Ameglio

Just peace

• A Just Peace Ethic Primer, edited by Eli McCarthy
• “Just Peace Ethic” A short introduction and framework, prepared by Eli McCarthy
• Qu’est-ce qu’une éthique de la paix juste? A short introduction and framework
• ¿Qué es una ética de paz justa? A short introduction and framework, including study or discussion questions. Prepared by Eli S. McCarthy, Ph.D. Georgetown University, USA.
• Just Peace Ethic panel: “A Manual for Escaping our Vicious Cycles” (Gerald Schlabach), “The Changing Vision of Just Peace in Catholic Social Teaching” (Lisa Cahill), “A Virtue-Based Just Peace Ethic” (Eli McCarthy); Journal of Moral Theology, Vol. 7, Issue 2, 2018, pp. 86–108

Sample applications of a just peace approach to:

• • Ukraine. Looking past war using a “just peace” framework
  • Boko Haram. A Just Peace Analysis and Paths Forward
  • Syria. Shifting to a Just Peace Approach
  • Drones. Armed Drones: Do They Make us Better People?
  • Nuclear weapons. Building a Better Peace: A future worthy of our faith
  • ISIS. Religious Leaders Urge a Just Peace Response to ISIS
  • Kenya. Building a Better Peace: A future worthy of our faith
  • Choose just peace framework to respond to conflict with Iran
  • Immigration in the United States. US DOMESTIC CASES
  • Gaza. War is Trauma for Palestinians and Israelis Alike, Not Justice
  • Global health and COVID-19. Global Health and Just Peace Ethic for Security Strategy in the COVID-19 pandemic

Interviews and webinars:

• 2024 Series of Seminars Supporting the Synod on Synodality
• 2023 Series of Webinars Catholic Voices Confronting Violence with the Power of Active Nonviolence
• Stories of Nonviolence Interviews by Nicolás Paz, Director of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative, with participants from our regional virtual roundtables in preparation for the 2023 Synodal Gathering.