Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice
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| Formation | 2017 |
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| Type | Institute of a private chartered university |
| Location | |
Director | Andrew Klager |
Key people | Instructor in Peace Theology – Brad Jersak; Guest Lecturers – Stanley Hauerwas, Brian McLaren, Ron Dart, Peter Enns, Brian Zahnd, Lisa Schirch, Cherie Enns, Derek Flood, Kim Franklin, Imbenzi Geoge, Ted Grimsrud, Fr. Kaleeg Hainsworth, Robynne Healey, Terry LeBlanc, Matthew Lynch, Jarrod McKenna, David Moore, Wayne Northey, Betty Pries, Fr. Richard Rene, Walter Thiessen |
| Website | https://irpj.org |
The Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice (or IRPJ) is an initiative of St. Stephen’s University, a small Christian trans-denominational university located in the town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada. IRPJ was founded in June 2017 and focuses on the inner transformation of a peacemaker, peace theology and social justice, practical peacebuilding, and how religion combines with other factors to promote both peace and violence.
History and Purpose[edit]
The Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice was founded on June 9, 2017 by Andrew Klager, who is the current Director.[1] IRPJ was established to offer educational initiatives and skills training for students, researchers, and peace workers engaged in issues related to peace and violence, contemplative peacemaking, the role of religion in peace and conflict, and practical peacebuilding through an engagement with Christian theology, Scriptures, history, and peace and conflict studies.
The Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice has formal partnerships with Christian Peacemaker Teams, Holy Land Trust, The Work of the People, and the Orthodox Peace Fellowship.[2][3][4]
Guest Lecturers of IRPJ include Stanley Hauerwas, Brian McLaren, Arun Gandhi, Peter Enns, Ron Dart, and many others.[5]
IRPJ’s Board of Advisors include Dr. Matt Balcarras, Dr. Kim Franklin, Fr. Michael Gillis, Dr. Robynne Healey, Evy Klassen, Steve Klassen, Dr. Lois Mitchell, and Dr. Jeff Schulz.[6]
Mission[edit]
The mission of IRPJ is to be a teaching, research, and resource institute of St. Stephen’s University that provides students, scholars, practitioners, and any thoughtful person with a robust education and experience that integrate attentiveness to one's inner transformation, peace theology and social justice, an understanding of the role of religion in peace and violence, and practical peacemaking as a vocation and way of life.[7]
Work[edit]
The Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice offers an online graduate and undergraduate Certificate program that includes courses on the inner transformation of a peacemaker; peace theology and social justice; peace and violence in the New Testament; practical nonviolence and peacebuilding; religion, peace and conflict, and peace and violence in the Old Testament.[8] IRPJ also curates an active blog and The Perisson Podcast co-hosted by Andrew Klager and Jarrod McKenna.[9][10] A partnership exists between IRPJ and Christian Peacemaker Teams wherein CPT delegates are given credit for their delegation as a practicum when they complete IRPJ's Certificate in Religion, Peace and Justice.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Director". irpj.org. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ↑ "OPF Partner Organizations". incommunion.org. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ↑ "This Just In: The Annual Newsletter of the Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice" (PDF). June 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ↑ "Partners". irpj.org. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ↑ "IRPJ | GUEST LECTURERS". Institute for Religion, Peace and Justice. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ↑ "Board of Advisors". irpj.org. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ↑ "Mission". irpj.org. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ↑ "IPSEC Newsletter". www.orthodoxpeace.org. January 16, 2018. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ↑ "The Perisson Podcast". itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
- ↑ "Certificate". irpj.org. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ↑ "Delegations for Course Credit | Christian Peacemaker Teams". www.cpt.org. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
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