Peacemaking

Active work to prevent conflict, resolve disputes and build peaceful relationships.

Active work to prevent or end violence and create peaceful relationships.

Catholic peacemaking therefore connects peace with justice. It includes dialogue between opponents, forgiveness rather than revenge, reconciliation to rebuild relationships, and action against poverty and injustice. Peacebuilding is the longer-term work of creating conditions in which people can live together without violence.

Use Dhammapada 1–8 precisely: verses 3–5 concern resentment and hatred; verses 7–8 emphasise self-discipline. Explain how the teaching supports peacemaking.

For Perkei Avot 1:18, remember justice, truth and peace, and explain how these support one another in peacemaking.

Active work to prevent or resolve conflict and build peaceful relationships, including addressing injustice.

Peacemaking is active work to prevent or resolve conflict and build peaceful relationships. It is more than avoiding arguments or wishing that war would end. A Christian peacemaker might help two people listen to one another, challenge unfair treatment, support people affected by war or campaign against violence.

Active efforts to end hostility, resolve disputes and build peaceful relationships.

Active work to resolve conflict and establish peaceful relationships, rather than simply avoiding involvement.

Working actively to prevent or resolve conflict and build fair, peaceful relationships.

Active work to prevent or resolve conflict and establish peaceful relationships.

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AQA GCSE Religious Studies B · 8063

Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B · 1RB0

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