Non-violence

This project seeks to highlight the necessity for differential spatial critique within academic and utopian discourses by asking the question: “How can Henri Lefebvre’s The Production of Space help us understand Frederick Douglass’ history-changing escape from slavery, given the…

This thesis examines the late Muslim theologian Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's ethics of nonviolence. It argues that the non-violent ethics of Bediüzzaman Said Nursi based on the Qur'an might aid in finding solutions to the global problem of religion and violence, particularly as it i…

This thesis advances a claim for the centrality of a politics of peace in early Christianity, with particular focus given to the letters of Paul and the Gospel of Matthew. In brief, I argue that Paul’s task of announcing the gospel to the nations involved calling and equipping a…

The global Muslim population hosts a wide diversity of beliefs and sects, including some that are considered illiberal, non-normative, or even radical. Fear, inspired by the rise of violent extremism masked in the name of Islam, has led many to treat any and all non-normative Mu…

Peacebuilding is at the very heart of the Gospel message and should be prominent in the life of the Church. This research was a qualitative and descriptive study seeking to examine how Christian leaders in Jos and Kaduna use the Bible to inform their responses and reactions to t…