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BUx: Religion and Conflict Transformation

This course will introduce students to the theology, worldview, and practice of faith-based conflict transformation. It will prepare students to become leaders equipped with basic tools of conflict analysis in families, organizations, communities, and larger systems of oppression. It will provide basic skills for tansforming conflict. Although taught from a Christian tradition, students will be invited to reflect on their own religious and cultural contexts.

12 weeks
4–6 hours per week
Self-paced
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Religion and Conflict Transformation

About this course

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Those engaged in faith-based work in religious institutions and nonprofit organizations contend with conflict on many levels: interpersonal, institutional, community and in larger systems of oppression. It is crucial that leaders are equipped with the knowledge and skills to not only navigate conflict, but engage with it as a transformational process.

This course is a response to the experience of destructive conflict in religious institutions and in the world, as well as the experience of religion as both a source of conflict, and a resource for peace.

At a glance

  • Language: English
  • Video Transcript: English
  • Associated skills:Conflict Transformation, Theology

What you'll learn

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  • Students will articulate and practice what is needed to prepare themselves and support others for engaging conflict as a transformational process.

  • Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of conflict dynamics in complex systems

  • Students will articulate and practice ways of facilitating conflict transformation

Who can take this course?

Unfortunately, learners residing in one or more of the following countries or regions will not be able to register for this course: Iran, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine. While edX has sought licenses from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer our courses to learners in these countries and regions, the licenses we have received are not broad enough to allow us to offer this course in all locations. edX truly regrets that U.S. sanctions prevent us from offering all of our courses to everyone, no matter where they live.

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