Religion as a unified system of beliefs and practices, is a worldview that incorporates a moral compulsion for action and meaning-making with respect to one's earthly existence. Within a conflict, religion can take on multiple roles that can in essence be broken down into three different categories: (1) a mitigating role; (2) a latent force, and/or (3) a driver of conflict.

Modeling collaboration in your process design

Picture: Imam Ashafa and Pastor James

In this adversarial world of power politics, collaborative peace-making processes are emerging as providing surprisingly sustainable outcomes. Unlike power negotiations, participatory mediation is based on the premise that differing worldviews are able to co-exist peacefully and that solutions that meet both sides’ needs can be created by the parties.