Cross-posting this Peace Catalyst International workshop from September 2025 (source):
In a time when authoritarianism and religious nationalism are reshaping societies around the world, Christians often find themselves caught between complicity and resistance. What does it mean to follow Jesus when faith is used to justify domination, nationalism, or exclusion? And how might Christians embody a different way—the way of peace, solidarity, and hope? In this panel, we hear from three Peace Catalyst team members rooted in very different contexts:
- Philip Kakungulu (UGANDA) works with pastors, refugees, and faith leaders across the Great Lakes region, equipping them to resist divisive theologies and embody God’s reconciling mission.
- Saleem Anfous (PALESTINE) brings his experience as a Christian in Bethlehem navigating the daily realities of military occupation, church divisions, and global Christian silence.
- Jennie Telfer (SOUTH KOREA) mobilizes people for practical solidarity and peace advocacy in a context marked by unresolved war and deep polarization.
Together, they reflect on how Christians in their contexts are interacting with, perpetuating, and resisting “power-over” theologies and politics, and what following Jesus’ way of peace looks like in practice. This is a candid conversation with concrete stories—both the harmful realities and the hopeful practices—that illuminate what it means to resist domination and build communities rooted in justice, healing, and solidarity.
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