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PeaceBuilders School of Theology is a graduate study program for peace and transformation leaders.

PeaceBuilders School of Theology –

:: is the newest graduate-level theological training in the country focusing on Peace Theology;

:: has the most established peace-building and conflict transformation experience among graduate theological academic institutions in the Philippines;

:: is connected and actively working with the widest network of peace-building practitioners in the country.

Our Mission: To equip effective peace-building and transformation leaders in the context of 21st century global realities based on an anabaptist peace theology.

Program Requirements:  This is an advanced leadership development program for those who have finished college or university degree, and have completed our PBCI’s Peace and Reconciliation Seminars 1, 2, & 3.

Program Design:  This program is primarily intended to provide advanced training for PBCI personnel and other peace-building workers from various organizations. This is also open for religious leaders, business-corporate leaders, government leaders, and non-government organization leaders.  The course will be taught by a team of international peace theologians and peace building practitioners.

COURSES OFFERED

PEACE THEOLOGY 101 :: Introduction to Peace Theology. This is a biblical-theological discussion of peace from the perspective of active non-violence. This course will help the students to appreciate and to evaluate a biblical understanding and contemporary practice of Peace Theology.  Such evaluation will be done within the framework of social sciences and informed from the perspective of biblical theology.  The students will be intellectually involved in the current discussions on the meanings, proposals, and tasks of Peace Theology.

PEACE THEOLOGY 202 :: Violence, Non-Violence, and War. An exploration of the traditional debates concerning the legitimacy of violence and war as instruments in the pursuit of personal and political goals. The course critically examines a continuum of views from religious doctrines of non-resistance, to various forms of pacifism and non-violent resistance, “just-war theory”, and political realism. The strategic arguments for political non-violent action are also considered.

PEACE THEOLOGY 303 :: Religion and PeaceBuilding. This course investigates the roles of religion and spirituality in peacemaking, exploring both obstacles and opportunities facing religious peace-builders. Cases involving representatives of major world religions (Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism) will provide a basis for comparing practices of faith-based advocacy for social justice, reconciliation, and coexistence.

SOCIAL ETHICS 101 :: Introduction to Social Ethics. This course will examine the sources for values that underly our personal ethics. It will also introduce the learners to some of the significant ethical theories in Western and Southeast Asian traditions, theories that we will apply to social and political issues in current Philippine society.

SOCIAL ETHICS 202 :: A History of Peace Movements. A survey of individuals and groups that have created popular movements for peace globally and locally throughout history. The scope will be international, with a particular focus on the nineteenth and twentieth century movements. The choice of peace movements will allow for a contrast in comparison of ideology, strategy and impact.

SOCIAL ETHICS 303 :: Roots of Conflict, Violence, and Peace. An examination of influential theories about the sources and nature of conflict, violence, and peace. Contributions from the social sciences as well as the humanities will be explored, with attention to connections between interpersonal, intergroup, and international levels of analysis.

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Please contact Rev. L. Daniel Pantoja (daniel@peacebuilderscommunity.org) for more information.