30/06/2026 14:30
- 17:30
HALL: Pola - A104
Chair:
Davis R.
Contact:
Pauline P.
As Aristotle said, inequality can cause conflict. Conflict can also create inequalities. Socio-economic inequalities between and within states and nations provide a potentially volatile socio-political context where peace is threatened. Religions can also be treated unequally within legal jurisdictions, creating friction and tensions that threaten peace. This panel invites papers that explore the contribution of religious ideas and practices that can help to build peace in this unequal world. We are particularly interested in papers that face European and global realities seriously and offer religious perspectives that promote peace, justice, and equality. Possible subjects include, but are not limited to: theological perspectives on peace and inequality, faith-inspired nonviolent resistance and direct action, peace in worship (eg liturgy, prayers, songs, rituals, sacraments), the relationship between peace and justice, peace in the Hebrew scriptures, Quran, or Christian Bible or other sacred texts, Just war or just peace theory and its critics, war, peace, and the environment, coexistence in religiously pluralistic societies, religion, peace and intersectionality (eg race, gender, sexuality, class, age), forgiveness, repentance, reconciliation, Catholic Social Teaching on peace, faiths in conflict and interfaith peace initiatives.
