TY - M-10431
AU - HekmatAfshar, Mohammad
TI - From Chaos to Communion: Ecumenical Peacebuilding Amid Conflict
T2 - Scientific Research Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Science

PY - 2025
VL - 3
IS - 2
SN - 2584-0622

AB - This essay, by focusing on contemporary events and outstanding initiatives, observes how Christian ecumenism, advocating for peace since 1925, has addressed conflict. The transitional evolution of the Church from denominations to a unique organization committed to social reform is explored, beginning its mission prior to World War II and culminating its initiatives at the 1925 Stockholm Conference. It commemorates the redemptive potential of youth involvement, interfaith conversation, and ecumenical diakonia in service to the speeding global injustices - racial trauma, displacement, climate change, etc. Grounded on faith, love, and symbolic literacy, the paper progresses models of spiritual anthropology and economic freedom. By viewing interreligious quarrels through theological and practical understanding, Ecumenism transcends contextual conflict and guides a shift toward justice and harmony, as envisioned by Jesus Christ. This peacebuilding approach, originating from divine compassion, offers a cooperative and all encompassing path to unity and reconciliation, though it remains far from a panacea for human suffering.

KW - Diakonia
KW - Interreligious Dialogue
KW - Peacebuilding
KW - Ecumenism
KW - Faith and Grace
KW - Youth Engagement
KW - Stockholm Conference
KW - Reconciliation
KW - Symbolic Literacy
KW - Social Justice
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