Course Introduction — Start Here
Module 1
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Lecture 1 — Introductory Comments on Peace Theology and the Kingdom of God (46:25)
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Video Clip — Brian Zahnd: “Resisting Empire” (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — Stanley Hauerwas: “The System vs. The Kingdom” (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "The Upside-Down Kingdom of God and the Transfiguration of Christ" (IRPJ Blog)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "The Kingdom of God and the Problem of Patriotism" (Huffington Post)
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Supplemental Reading — Preston Sprinkle: "The King and His Kingdom" (Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence)
Module 2
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Lecture 2 – Peace in the Incarnation and Crucifixion, and Peace in the First Few Hundred Years of Christian History (58:03)
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Video Clip — James Alison: “Subversion from Within” (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — Greg Boyd: “Nations and Violence” (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "I Am Constantine Too" (Clarion Journal of Spirituality and Justice)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "Should We Venerate Martyrs or Those Who Use Violence to Prevent Martyrdom?" (IRPJ Blog)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "Violence as Anti-Sacrament" (IRPJ Blog)
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Supplemental Reading — Preston Sprinkle: "Love Your Enemies" (Fight: A Christian Case for Nonviolence)
Module 3
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Lecture 3 – Christology, Nonviolent Atonement, and Soteriology (25:31)
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Video Clip — Parker Palmer: “A Cruciform Way of Life” (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — Kelly Brown Douglas: “Crucified Realities” (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "Is Nonviolence Naïve? ...and other questions about Jesus' most controversial teachings" (Sojourners Magazine)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "Trampling Down Death By (Our Own) Death" (IRPJ Blog)
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Supplemental Reading — 2 Corinthians 5:21: Panel discussion with Andrew Klager, Michael Harden and Brad Jersak (Clarion Journal of Spirituality and Justice)
Module 4
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Lecture 4 – Peace, Eschatology, and the Afterlife (29:27)
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Video Clip — Barbara Brown Taylor: “Defeating Dualism with Imagination” (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — James Alison: “Undoing Wrath” (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "'And this is the Judgment ...' The Divine Light of Christ (Clarion Journal of Spirituality and Justice)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "Being Intentional about Our Starting Point for Informing Christian Behaviour" (IRPJ Blog)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "Violence and Our Embarrassment Over the Problem of Evil" (IRPJ Blog)
Module 5
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Lecture 5 – Shane Claiborne: “How Peace and Justice are Related” (25:53)
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Video Clip — Shane Claiborne: “Jesus Disarmed Us All” (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — Stanley Hauerwas: “Legitimating Power and Underwriting Violence” (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "The Vulnerability that Makes Peace Possible: An Interview with Stanley Hauerwas" (Huffington Post)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "Bethlehem has opened Eden: come, let us see" (IRPJ Blog)
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Supplemental Reading — "Two Mothers" poem (mentioned in Shane Claiborne's lecture)
Module 6
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Lecture 6 – Peace Theology and Practical Peacebuilding (31:02)
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Video Clip — Amal Nassar: “Refuse to be Enemies” (The Work of the People)
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Video Clip — Fr. Richard Rohr: “Evoking the Harmony of Beauty” (The Work of the People)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "What Should Christians Do About the Violence in Northern Iraq?" (Clarion Journal of Spirituality and Justice)
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Supplemental Reading — Andrew Klager: "Non-peacebuilding and Placing the Burden of Proof on War Advocates" (IRPJ Blog)
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Supplemental Reading — Glen Stassen: "Just Peacemaking, Just War, and Pacifism"
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