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Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding Additional Information about the Initiative Click here to return to the main page. |
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Global Network |
Because of their very different purposes in society, universities' religious entitites and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) too often operate independently of each other. Emory's initiative is designed to work across these differences to create networks for coordination and implementation of conflict resolution and peacebuilding strategies. Through exchanges with NGOs, faculty, fellows and students will acquire valuable on-the-ground experience. Leaders and officers in humanitarian organizations will come to Emory to reflect, research, teach and write about their experiences and develop a central databank on best practices in peacebuilding. |
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International Summit |
Regular international summits on Religious Conflict and Peacebuilding will be held to collect, benchmark and publicize the valuable lessons learned through the global network. These summits will emphasize the work of NGO's in their peacebuilding practices. These summits will also provide an invaluable opportunity for religious leaders around the world to address in concrete ways the issues that divide them and to develop peaceful solutions. The first summit will be held October 21, 2007 and will involve an address from His Holiness the Dalai Lama and responses from world religious leaders. Click here for additional information regarding the Summit . |
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Educational Resource |
Education is critical to transforming relations between the world's religions. To take one example: in a recent poll, nearly half of American said they had a negative view of Islam, while at the same time, 60% admitted having scarcely any knowledge of it. Public education will be a key component of the program. In addition to providing speakers and information for print and broadcast media, the Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding initiative will generate curricula on world religions for primary and secondary schools. |
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Atlanta and the World |
Atlanta is an ideal site to develop a "glocal" scope for the new initatives: global and local in its perspective. Atlanta is recognized as the cradle of the Civil Rights movement and the base of two of America's most internationally admired citizens and Nobel Peace Prize Winners, Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Jimmy Carter. Click here to view a list of proposed projects. |
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Proposed Doctoral Concentration |
Emory will advance lasting learning and engagement by supporting the most distinguished teaching, research and writing on religion, conflict and peacebuilding. The university's proposed doctoral minor track will be distinctive in educating students to be scholars and practitioners, academic and civic leaders. Combining practical experience around the world with pre-eminent scholarship, alumni of the Emory doctoral track will be equipped to make major contributions to society, in order to better address a wide range of problems in a rapidly changing world. |