Christianity and Justice in the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Case Study in Religious Conflict Resolution
Shore, Megan
Shore, Megan
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AbstractHistorically, international conflict resolution theorists have largely adopted the position that organized religion is an instigator of violence. As a result, these theories have tended to exclude religion as a force for peacebuilding. Recently, however, scholars have suggested that religion can contribute constructively to a theory of conflict resolution. Their general thesis is that, if religion played a significant part in people's lives, and if religion played a part in fuelling the conflict, then when resolving the conflict, religion must be at least taken into account. An example of a conflict resolution process in which religion, specifically Christianity, played a central role was South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In dialogue with leading critics of the TRC process, particularly Richard Wilson, this article examines the ambiguous role that Christianity played in influencing concepts of justice in the TRC.
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2008-08-15
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TANDF-10.1558/poth.v9i2.161
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1558/poth.v9i2.161
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1558/poth.v9i2.161
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1558/poth.v9i2.161
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1558/poth.v9i2.161
ISSN-PRINT-1462-317X
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10.1558/poth.v9i2.161
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