A Critical Reading of Christian Peacemaker Teams' International Accompaniment and Solidarity Work Through a Peace and Conflict Studies Lens. Issue 3 (3rd July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hrynkow, Christopher
• Is Part Of: Review of faith & international affairs. Volume 16:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 34
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2018-07-03
• Subjects: Christian Peacemaker Teams -- international accompaniment -- interfaith coalitions of action -- Peace and Conflict Studies -- principled nonviolence; Law -- Periodicals; Religion and politics -- Periodicals; Law; Religion and politics; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 201.705
• DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2018.1509282
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1557-0274

Abstract

Abstract: Christian Peacemakers Teams is an interfaith coalition of action that undertakes international accompaniment and solidarity work with local partners. This article employs a Peace and Conflict Studies lens, to map and analyze that faith-inspired work from its conceptual formation within Anabaptist traditions to its present-day ecumenical configuration. Through this approach, tensions and promises of both Christian Peacemakers Teams work and a Peace and Conflict Studies perspective are made clearer. In the process, this article highlights an instance of faith-based diplomacy that mostly travels along a different, more grassroots track, than the one most frequently considered by Political Science scholars.