Goals and Objectives

Peace Studies Minors will learn:

• The approaches to war and peace of various religious traditions
• Nonviolence and Nonviolent Strategy as exemplified by Gandhi or Dr. King
• The dimensions of a historic conflict involving the United States (e.g., WWI, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq.)
• The dimensions of a historic conflict not involving the United States (e.g., Israel and Palestine, Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka, South Africa)
• The significance of personal values arising from a commitment to peacemaking that may be applicable to one’s personal as well as social life

Peace Studies Minors will be able to:

• Analyze a given conflict with a critical ability to discern points of historical, cultural, economic, and religious difference
• Suggest skills and activities that may contribute to minimizing the potential for conflict and contribute to peacemaking in a given conflict situation
• Present a coherent defense of the values of peace within selected traditions, both religious and political
• Advise others knowledgeably about various career opportunities related to peacemaking and diplomacy

Peace Studies Minors will value:

• The diversity of approaches relevant to peacemaking skills
• The historical contributions made by peacemakers in the past, and assess their contributions to continued thought in Peace Studies
• The unique legacy of nonviolence in world history
• The varied Christian traditions of peacemaking and nonviolence as a theological as well as social value
• Contributions to peacemaking that are unique to their own tradition, if non-Christian (e.g. Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist)