Plowshares Peace Studies Collaborative Faculty Academy

A Plowshares event with support from the Peace and Justice Studies Association

"Preemptive Peacemaking: Nonviolence for the New American Century"

June 6-10, 2005 Manchester College

Registration and scholarship application forms available here

Mark your calendars for the Plowshares Peace Studies Collaborative Faculty Academy. The academy will be held in North Manchester, Ind., at Manchester College.

The academy will feature the leadership of Stanley Hauerwas, a nonviolent theologian, Robert Johansen, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies senior fellow and professor of poltical science, and Mary King, professor of peace and conflict studies at University for Peace in Costa Rica , and Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun Magazine.

Please feel to contact: Julie Garber,
Director of Plowshares, Manchester College Goshen College, 1700 S. Main St., Goshen, IN 46526,
260-982-5026 jlgarber@manchester.edu

Speakers

Stanley Hauerwas, Duke University Divinity School and Law School

Named "America 's Best Theologian" by Time in 2001, Hauerwas seeks to recover the significance of the virtues for understanding the nature of the Christian life. A pacifist and proponent of nonviolence, he emphasizes the connection between faith and action and the relevance of pacifism to politics. His book, "A Community of Character: Toward a Construction Christian Social Ethic," was selected as one of the 100 most important books on religion of the 20th century.

Robert Johansen, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Johansen is a senior fellow and professor of political science at the Kroc Institute. He specializes in issues of international ethics and global governance, the United Nations and the maintenance of peace and security, and peace and world order studies. He is the author of "Toward an Alternative Security System: Moving Beyond the Balance of Power in the Search for World Security." He is currently conducting research on enhancing U.N. peacekeeping and enforcement, the role of non-governmental organizations in promoting compliance with international humanitarian law, and the establishment of a permanent International Criminal Court.

Mary King, Albert Einstein Institution

Prize-winning author and political scientist, King is professor of peace and conflict studies at University for Peace in Costa Rica . She is also distinguished scholar at American University Center for Global Peace, Washington , D.C. and visiting research fellow at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, England. She is an expert on nonviolent strategic action in acute political conflicts and was awarded the International Jamnalal Bajaj Award for promotion of Gandhian values outside India.

Michael Lerner

Rabbi Lerner studied at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York and was mentored by Abraham Joshua Heschel. He received a doctorate in philosophy at the University of California , Berkeley , and a doctorate in clinical psychology at the Wright Institute. He is the author of "Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation," and writes on the topic of generosity and nonviolence: a two-pronged strategy for peace and security.

Schedule

Check back for the academy schedule.