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Kenyan churches as catalysts for grassroots peacemaking: An appreciative leadership case study.

机译：肯尼亚教会是促成基层和平的催化剂：一项富有鉴赏力的领导力案例研究。

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Kenya's 2007 presidential election resulted in a shocking eruption of ethnopolitical violence, leaving thousands dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. Research indicates that Christian churches play an important societal role in peacemaking and social influence, yet this role is not fully understood. This dissertation explores how Kenyan churches near the "epicenter" of post-election violence influenced peacemaking efforts by examining leadership practices, peacemaking practices and contextual factors utilized between the 2007 and 2013 elections. An appreciative, crucial case study methodology provides the framework to examine three Kenyan church cases and contexts. Twenty-eight participants were interviewed from three unique churches, along with seven expert scholars, NGO workers and practitioners. Three research questions guided this study: 1. Do Kenyan church leaders influence peace? If so, how and why? 2. What are the practices and processes of church peacemaking? How do they compare to those revealed in the literature? 3. How do contextual factors including church size, geography, ethnic composition, and denomination affect peacemaking efforts?;In accordance with literature on grassroots peacemaking, results from this dissertation suggest that churches, termed "sanctuaries of peace," play a significant role as catalysts for grassroots peacemaking. Firstly, findings overwhelming affirmed the idea that leaders influenced peacemaking. They did so in five primary ways: modeling behavior, utilizing inclusive language, resisting political agendas, collective decision making, and spiritual leadership. Second, churches employed intentional peacemaking practices including prayer, preaching peace, refuge/aid, humaneness, and taking a non-partisan stance. While the majority of data supported a bottom-up peacemaking process, minority perspectives suggested influence was top-down. Finally, several contextual influences helped explain how and why churches influence peacemaking. First, large churches were considered safe havens for refuge/aid, as well as likely to have adequate resources to assist victims of conflict. Second, churches located along borderlines between ethnic groups appeared uniquely positioned to influence peacemaking. Third, churches with ethnically diverse leadership and membership promoted inter-ethnic relationships, leading to humaneness, forgiveness and reconciliation. Finally, in agreement with the literature, churches denominations were largely segregated ethnically, and sometimes perceived as partisan. Recommendations for research and practice are given, including the need for leaders to model desired behavior, use inclusive language, employ biblical principles to promote peacemaking, and resist political agendas.
机译：肯尼亚2007年的总统大选导致了令人震惊的民族政治暴力爆发，造成数千人死亡，数十万人流离失所。研究表明，基督教教会在建立和平与社会影响力中起着重要的社会作用，但这一作用尚未得到充分理解。本论文通过考察2007年至2013年大选之间的领导力做法，建立和平的做法和背景因素，探讨了选举后暴力的“中心”附近的肯尼亚教会如何影响建立和平的努力。一种有意义的，至关重要的案例研究方法论提供了检查三个肯尼亚教会案例和环境的框架。来自三个独特教堂的28名参与者与七位专家学者，非政府组织工作人员和从业人员进行了访谈。这项研究指导了三个研究问题：1.肯尼亚教会领袖会影响和平吗？如果是这样，如何以及为什么？ 2.建立教会和平的做法和过程是什么？它们与文献所揭示的相比如何？ 3.包括教堂规模，地理，种族组成和宗派在内的语境因素如何影响建立和平的努力？；根据有关基层建立和平的文献，本论文的结果表明，被称为“和平庇护所”的教堂起着重要的作用。基层建立和平的催化剂。首先，不计其数的调查结果肯定了领导人影响建立和平的想法。他们采用了五种主要方式：行为建模，运用包容性语言，抵制政治议程，集体决策和精神上的领导。其次，教会采用了故意的促和平做法，包括祈祷，宣讲和平，避难/援助，人道和无党派立场。尽管大多数数据支持自下而上的建立和平进程，但少数派观点认为影响是自上而下的。最后，几种语境的影响有助于解释教会如何以及为什么影响和平。首先，大型教堂被认为是避难/援助的避风港，并且可能有足够的资源来协助冲突受害者。其次，沿着族裔之间边界的教堂似乎在影响和平方面具有独特的地位。第三，具有不同种族领导和成员资格的教堂促进了族裔间的关系，导致了人道，宽恕和和解。最后，与文献一致，教堂的教派在很大程度上是种族隔离的，有时被视为党派。提出了有关研究和实践的建议，包括领导人需要模仿期望的行为，使用包容性语言，运用圣经原则来促进建立和平以及抵制政治议程。

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  • 作者

    Gluck, Daniel R.;

  • 作者单位

    Eastern University.;

  • 授予单位 Eastern University.;
  • 学科 Peace studies.;Religion.;African studies.
  • 学位 Ph.D.
  • 年度 2016
  • 页码 324 p.
  • 总页数 324
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
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