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Abstract of "Bridging theory and practice in peace education: The Notre Dame University peace education experience." by Benedicto R. Bacani

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Benedicto R. Bacani. 2004. Bridging theory and practice in peace education: The Notre Dame University peace education experience. Conflict Resolution Quarterly, vol. 21, no. 4, Summer. 503-511.

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Amidst a raging war in Central Mindanao and the historical biases and prejudices between Muslims and Christians, peace education as a curricular offering, pioneered by Notre Dame University, seeks to educate students to be more open and tolerant of diversity and to promote active nonviolence as an effective means for positive change.

The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of their act as violence; rather they though of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness. The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed. -- Gil Bailie

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