Module 2:
Faith-based Peacebuilding

Literature Review

Within the broader context of peacebuilding and development is a theme that has become increasingly prominent in recent decades: the role of faith-based organizations in executing effective development. Specifically, within that arena lies a mounting case for faith actors as central players in peacebuilding efforts in some of the world’s most fragile places. Some successful approaches focus on three key elements: breaking bread, addressing contextualized psychosocial factors, and considering the intersection of child psychology and sociology. Read the full literature review…

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Resources

• Tearfund’s Peacebuilding: A theological framework.

• World Vision’s Learning Brief: The Role of Faith in Building Peaceful Societies and Combatting Xenophobia (2022)

• Psychosocial support to foster social cohesion between refugee and host communities in Jordan, by Acosta, P., & Chica, N. (2018).