Peace is an essential requirement for the satisfaction of human basic needs such as food, shelter, health, education, labor and environment. Religion maintains the spiritual and physical health of the person. Recognising the role of religion and engaging with its multiple facets do not replace the work required to address the other interlocking issues (e.g. Christian Religion education teaches peace and tolerance, and its promote the virtue of peaceful co-existence such as, forgiveness, reconciliation, love, respect for life and other values that promote non-violence leading to progress and lasting peace in the school. Such brutality is often caused by hatred of others, as is clearly illustrated in acts of racism. The older sister was brought up by her uncle and aunt. Peace education is education for change. Ja’fari”, Dialogue between Islam and Shintoism: A Precursor to Cultural Understanding and Cooperation. It analyses a wide range of media - from posters, cartoons and stained glass to websites, radio and film - and draws on diverse examples from around the world, including Iran, Rwanda and South Africa. The role of religion in promoting a culture of peace. The following day we saw the records of the gruesome history at the Nanjing Massacre Museum. Japanese soldiers killed her parents, grandparents, and two older sisters. Johnston also identifies the attributes that religious leaders and institutions can offer in promoting peace and reconciliation, including: credibility as a trusted institution; a respected set of values; moral warrants for opposing injustice on the part of governments; In the light of my long involvement in teaching “foreign” (non-Islamic) religions and comparative religious studies at different Iranian colleges and universities, I have come to the firm conviction that all world religions, and especially the three divine religions of Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam, based on their original divine teachings reflected in their sacred books, are genuinely peace-loving and justice-oriented religions. We heard the lived story of a Nanjing Massacre survivor. Thank you again for your kind hospitality, and thank you for giving me the chance for presenting my views in this august meeting. Putting aside all sorts of Jealousity, fanaticism and exclusivity, and accepting – at least in practice, if not theoretically – some sort of religious pluralism, thus achieving a pluralistic and comprehensive view vis-a-vis world religions and religiosity, a point well established in the holy Qur’an when it says: “O prophet! The Text Widget allows you to add text or HTML to your sidebar. There are various sacred writings of the religions on earth that provide universal value systems. You may accept or decline the use of cookies. Religion and peacebuilding refer to the study of religion's role in the development of peace. Regarding peacefulness and making friendship towards the others, the Holy Qur’an has only one red line which is not to be surpassed, and that is the very fair pre-condition that the adversaries do not attack the Islamic land, do not loot or plunder Islamic properties nor kill innocent Muslims, and do not expel Muslim habitants from their motherland, conditions which are explicitly elaborated in the following verse: ” لَایَنْهَیکُمُ اللَّهُ عَنِ الَّذِینَ لَمْ یُقَاتِلُوکُمْ فِی الدِّینِ وَلَمْ یُخْرِجُوکُم مِّن دِیَارِکُمْ أَن تَبَرُّوهُمْ وَتُقْسِطُوا إِلَیْهِمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ یُحِبُّ الْمُقْسِطِین “. To mention a few, Buddhism has the Lotus Sutra; Christianity has the Bible; Hinduism has the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bhagavad Gita; Judaism has the Torah (mentioned in alphabetical order). Educating the young to negotiate constructively fosters the kind of spiritual health and social competence that is important to improving quality of life. See our, The Role of Religion and Peace Education in Cultivating the Heart That Welcomes the Other, Resource-Based Conflict and Peacebuilding Training Program, International Institute on Peace Education, Global Partnership for Prevention of Armed Conflict, Global Campaign for Peace Education of Hague Appeal for Peace. In fact, when she visited Japan to protest against the Japanese government officials who said that her testimony was a hoax, many Japanese people were kind to her. It seeks this transformation by building awareness and understanding, developing concern and challenging personal and social action that will enable people to live, relate and create conditions and systems that actualize nonviolence, justice, environmental care and other peace values. I sincerely hope that our meeting will further promote Iran-Korean cultural relations and also enhance world peace and justice. The research work investigated the role of Christian Religion The minds of the leaders of the world are still set in thinking that national security is about being equipped with military arms and strength, that violence can be prevented by violence, and that violence can be resolved by violence. Furthermore, the Holy Qur’an, citing Prophet Muhammad (p.b.u.h) says that: “Say: My Lord has commanded me justice” (Holy Qur’an, 7/29); or, in another verse, addressing the whole mankind, says that: “Be just, that is next to piety” (Holy Qur’an, 5/8). So in order to preserve this earth, it is important to work for peace, to nurture peace within ourselves, to bring peace to the environment. But through the five-day training, all the participants gradually got to know each other, and as they learned about peace building, they were able to change their mind-set to a more cooperative and accepting attitude. This paper therefore, intends to discuss the roles of libraries towards promoting peace education in Nigeria. The role of religion in democratization processes, for instance, is relatively more documented than the literature on violence. That is why, in the light of the above two premises, one can rightly conclude that any sound cultural/religious understanding and dialogue will certainly lead to a sound and permanent socio-political understanding and interaction, and that, in turn, will inevitably lead to the promotion of friendship and peaceful coexistence between nations, thus leading to world peace and justice. My continued cultural interest and engagement with Japan earned me the highest cultural order of that country, the Order of the Rising Sun: Gold and Silver, which was bestowed on me by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan April 29, 2010. Children are exposed to fear and cannot live normal lives. ( Log Out / The scourge and the horrors of war are what I saw and heard about in Nanjing, China, when I was there this past summer to conduct a peace-building training program at the Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute (NARPI) as a facilitator of the course “The Theory and Practice of Peace Education.” This program was launched in 2011 in Seoul, South Korea, “to promote peace in the region by creating space for learning peace building and building networks among peace-loving people in Northeast Asia. The sample size of the study comprised of students and 20 teachers, giving a total of 100 respondents who were selected through a stratified random sampling technique. The Role of Religion and Peace Education in Cultivating the Heart That Welcomes the Other. I want to find ways to stop these frightening things from happening again, and that is why I am here to participate in the NARPI program.”, The Northeast Asian participants posed such questions and shared their thoughts. Keywords : peace, peace education, peace education, peace initiative 1. The younger sister was taken to an orphanage. Content is everything. The Role of Social Media in Peace Education. ROLE OF SCHOOL & TEACHER IN PROMOTING VALUE EDUCATION THROUGH POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY Bhave B. In most cases, more than 90 percent of all casualties are civilians. Kathy is a member of the Steering Committee of NARPI (Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute). One Mongolian participant explained: “Every horrifying photograph and artifact had an explanation that said ‘the Japanese military did this’ or ‘the Japanese government did that.’ Can’t we change the subject of the sentences to ‘war did this’ or ‘war brought about this horrifying situation? Accordingly, great emphasis has been placed on vocational training. Verily religion, per se, has never been combative and pugnacious, nor willing to oppress and exploit people. Religion tells us to deal with our problems with love and benevolence, tolerance, caring, and empathy. Put aside all sorts of destructive oppositions, and try to build up their own tradition and make it sound more attractive than destroy those of the others. The United Nations reported on August 22, 2014, that the death toll from three years of Syria’s civil war had risen to more than 191,000 people. Peace can help achieve the right to basic quality education. So be it. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. My intentions are to share how peace education has helped the peace-building participants process the terrible incident of the Nanjing Massacre and envision a positive way forward to propose what they can do to change this cycle of violence and hatred. Dawkins states that preachers in the southern portions of the United States used the Bible to justify slavery by claiming Africans were descendants of Abraham’s sinful son. This proposes to attain world peace through devotion to a given religion. Contact us at +63 82 295 3776 or email us. Edit them in the Widget section of the, New Necessities of the Philosophy of Religion in the Contemporary World, The Role of Religion in Promoting Peace and Social Justice, Religion in Contemporary World: The Role of Religion in Promoting Virtues and Human and Ethical Values, In the Presence of “Allamah M.T. Religion has a definite role to play in people's search for world peace. And yet the minds of the leaders of the world are still set in thinking that national security is about being equipped with military arms and strength, that violence can be prevented by violence, and that violence can be resolved by violence. The research work investigated the role of Christian Religion Education in promoting peaceful co-existence among students in Barkin Ladi LGA. Nathan C. Funk and Christina J. Woolner categorize these approaches into three models. The Chinese participants stayed close to the Japanese participants and comforted them in as many ways as they could. Abandon all kinds of extreme, coarse, and combative interpretations of religious beliefs and practices, as those of Taliban and al-Qaeda, and stick to a more modern, rational, progressive and constructive interpretation of religion found in genuine Shi’ite Islam or near such (political) leaders. Elias Rubenstein Excellencies, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Good Afternoon. Loreta Navarro-Castro and Jasmin Nario-Galace explained in Peace Education: A Pathway to a Culture of Peace: Peace education, or an education that promotes a culture of peace, is essentially transformative. . Some Chinese participants said that they had heard many times as they were growing up about the horrible things that the Japanese military had done. As it was said earlier, to save time and space, we refrain from giving examples of non-Abrahamic religions, otherwise, the same pattern can be shown in such traditions as Buddhism (with monk-soldiers in Kyoto outskirts), Shintoism (state or governmental Shintoism), Hinduism, Sikhism, etc. Nowadays, violent conflicts pose the greatest development challenges in the world. “Every year, NARPI hosts Summer Training in August and provides a selection of six different courses and a field trip. The death toll of people who were killed in violence in the Iraq war was 176,000 to 189,000, including 134,000 civilians (figures are from the Iraq Body Count project, a Web-based effort to record civilian deaths). Nevertheless, this worthy goal will not be attained except through the following steps to be taken by world religious leaders, intelligentsia, different kinds of priests and clergies, and political leaders at large: A more explicit Qur’anic declaration is that: “To each of you we have prescribed a Law and an Open way” (holy Qur’an, 5/48). The Human Rights conventions declare: “Education must prepare a child for responsible life and effective participation in a free society in a spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes and friendships among all peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin.” Let us hope that we will have even more fruitful discussions in the years to come, thus achieving our goal of promoting peace and justice all over the world. While Annemarie Schimmel, the famous German Islamologist, and Orientalist of our time, openly states that: “Among all the religions Christianity had to confront and deal with, Islam was both misunderstood and attacked most intensely. But is that so? ( Log Out / I couldn’t help but pray and bow with respect before the walls with three hundred thousand names to commemorate the victims. The sample size of the study comprised of students and 20 teachers, giving a total of 100 respondents who were selected through a stratified random sampling technique. This role is well articulated in Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), which seeks to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.Moreover, the objective of SDG 4.7 is to ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustai… To start with, I would like to thank my friends at the Cultural and Islamic Relations Organization who prepared the way for my attending this august gathering and our dear Korean hosts who have extended the invitation and made all the necessary arrangements in order to make our meeting possible. People who support this vision believe that it can become a reality through peace education. The survivor was eight years old at the time. If a constructive and collaborative method such as dialogue and negotiation is conducted, it promotes caring and good relationships as well as a healthy social development among individuals, communities, and countries. Kathy R. Matsui 12 January 2015. God bless you all. The Right to Education: what role in promoting a culture of non-violence and peace? Children and education systems are … . Finally, as the holy Prophet of Islam was declared to be “A Mercy to the whole Universe” (holy Qur’an, 21/107), so every true believer, be it a Muslim or not, should rinse and wash out his heart and inside from all sorts of negative feelings, and think of his/her fellow brothers and sisters first, thus promoting a more kind and humane world in the midst of the present clamorous chaos. This book explores how media and religion combine to play a role in promoting peace and inciting violence. The Role of the African Traditional Religion in the Promotion of Justice, Reconciliation and Peace in Africa in the Twenty-first Century: A Kenyan Experience Dickson Nkonge Kagema 1 Department of Arts and Humanities, Chuka University, Kenya Abstract Christian Religion education teaches peace and tolerance, and its promote the virtue of peaceful co-existence such as, forgiveness, reconciliation, love, respect for life and other values that promote non-violence leading to progress and lasting peace in the school. More credence should be given to the transformative capabilities of well trained, supported, motivated and remunerated teachers. Does it really work that way? According to a famous Farsi poem: Islam, in itself, has no defects. The Christian golden rule is “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Or the Islam version would be “Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you.” Buddhism mentions the importance of transforming the pain inflicted by others and embracing anger and suffering. ROLE OF TEACHER FOR PEACE EDUCATION, Mr. Rajendrakumar Muljibhai Parmar April 3, 2019 News & Highlights 0 ... content wisely and steering clear of any potential social-media danger zones you can effectually convey your message of promoting Peace Education to the world. Empathy is defined as an active effort to understand another person’s interpersonal event as if one were that other person rather than judging the other person’s behavior from one’s own perspective. As we said earlier, the great religions of the world and their religious leaders have always had the capacity and power of turning their religious tradition and all of its beliefs, rites, practices, manifestations, etc., into a very rational, positive, constructive, modern, progressive, peaceful, and just force capable of benefiting mankind in the direction of establishing and maintaining a very reasonable, just, peaceful, and sustainable life all over the globe. She is also active in inter-religious dialogue and cooperation for world peace as a member of the Women’s Executive Committee, Peace Research Institute and the Peace Education Task Force of World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP). It sets us to think that the “other” is the enemy. It cultivates the knowledge base, skills, attitudes and values that seek to transform people’s mindsets, attitudes and behaviors that, in the first place, have either created or exacerbated violent conflicts. What I am going to introduce here is not meant to shame my country, Japan. Kathy R. Matsui, PhD, is Professor of Global Citizenship Studies at Seisen University, Tokyo. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Role of teacher in peace education Dr. Santosh Kumar Behera Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Purulia, West Bengal-723101, Email:santoshbehera.jkc@gmail.com Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men [and women] that the defenses of peace must Published: 31 May 2012 Conférence publique, University of Geneva, with UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Dr. Kishore Singh Lecture by Dr. Katrien Beeckman, Head, Principles and Values Department, IFRC. ABSTRACT The research work investigated the role of Christian Religion Education in promoting peaceful co-existence among students in Barkin Ladi LGA. It is reposted here with permission. deprivation, marginalisation, institutional malfunctioning, state failure, global dynamics of dependency) related to conflict and peace. 9 At times, religious actors and movements that have been active in promoting such political change have accepted violence as a necessary cost. Learning focuses on the values and behaviors that enable individuals to learn to live together in a world characterized by diversity and pluralism. The older sister withstood all hardship and lived to this day to tell the story. But what is the truth about war? Nowadays, in my home country Iran, Christianity is being advertised as a pacifist and peace-loving religion amongst some youngsters, as if with such exaggerated missionary propaganda, one can deny some the past unhealthy activities of a religious tradition. In the same way, nowadays, such extreme terrorist activities like the Sep. 11 attack, or attacking girl schools in Pakistan under the banner of Shariah and Islam’s opposition to women education!, performed by Taliban, al-Qa’idah, and similar groups, are very good examples of religious extremism and misdeed. I earnestly hope to bring part of my thirty years of dialogue experience with Japan to our present meeting. I am pleased to have the privilege to address you at this conference, which is in my opinion a very important step for universal peace. ( Log Out / Learning these skills would encourage the development of characteristics such as empathy, sincerity, justice, and caring. Try to maintain a friendly, peaceful, and cooperative attitude towards the other peoples, communities, and nations, rather than a hostile, combative, and competitive attitude that does not benefit anyone, including its own advocates. We still hear in the news of one country killing people of another country, of one ethnic group killing another ethnic group or military men raping women of the so-called enemy country or ethnic groups. That is why one has an arrogant and hostile understanding of Islam, while the other has a kind, friendly and passionate impression of it; One’s impression of Islam is combative and the other is peaceful; One draws unity from the Islamic teachings and the other division and discord; One promotes traditionalism and the other modernity; One has a peaceful reading of Islam and the other a hostile one; and so on. Religion he argues, subverts science, fosters fanaticism, encourages bigotry, does not in reality support peace and influences society in other negative ways. We offer training programs to practitioners, professionals, activists, students and staff of non-governmental organizations and faith-based groups” (from the NARPI Web site). 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