Theme D: Religion, Peace and Conflict

Theme D: Religion, Peace and Conflict:

Bolded parts of the quote should be remembered:

Keywords:

Justice- Fairness, Making right and fair, a situation which has been unjust

Peace- Living in harmony with no fear

Reconciliation- Bringing peace towards people

Forgiveness- Moving a relationship on past a bad situation

Conflict- A disagreement between 2 or more oppositions, either as small as an argument to as big as a war

Violence- Behaviour involving physical force intended to hurt, injure or kill someone

Terrorism-An unlawful use of violence and imtimidation, especially against civillians 

Greed- War that can give more land, more power or more resources. It has a gain 

Retaliation- When you attack someone as a result of an event that has happened

The Causes of War:

Retaliation

Defense 

Anger

Land Acquisation

Spread influences

Power, Cultural or Political Defense

Religion such as Christianity and Islam agree feel retalitation, self defense and greed are the main causes of war. 

Pacifism:

Pacifism comes from the word "peacemaking" in Latin.

It is the belief that any form of violence or aggression is wrong. A pacifist believes this

Active pacifism- Pacifism in politics, agrue against unjust war

Absolute pacifism- All life is precious, all war is wrong 

Selective pacifism- Some types of warfare is acceptable, WMDs are wrong 

Conditional pacifism- War can sometimes be justified and violence too

"Blessed are the peacekeepers"

"Nation will not take up the sword  against nation, nor will they train for war anymore"

"All who live by the sword, will die by the sword"

"Every time they kindle the fire of war, Allah doth extinguish it"

Famous pacifists:

Martin Luther King said violence is immoral and impratical

Malcom X said violence is necessary and uncompronisng

Holy War:

Holy war is consisted of good vs evil.

A religion may fight for God

Throughout the Bible, there are many examples of holy wars such as Joshua taking Jerico

The Crusades are an example of holy war

"Declare a holy war, call out the troops to arms"

Holy wars are right when:

It spreads faith 

To rescue Christians from the 'servitude of the infidels'

To retirieve any country that was formally Christian 

Recover and purify consecrated…