Applying Restorative Approaches to Addressing Religious, Culture, and Geopolitical Conflict: From Israel/Palestine to India

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session invites participants to consider the application of restorative justice frameworks to inform campus discourse around religious, secular, and spiritual identities (RSSI). Building from both a Restorative Justice and Equity and Inclusion lens, the session highlights lessons learned from campus responses to harm caused by the Israel and Palestine conflict and posits new approaches to building campus capacity for responding to future or ongoing harms among students or between students and institutions. Participants will be encouraged to reconsider their approach to work on campus related to religious and spiritual identities.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Religion and Education

Chair

• J. Cody Nielsen, Western Michigan University

Papers

• Incorporating Restorative Practices into Religious, Geopolitical, and Culture Conflicts - J. Cody Nielsen, Western Michigan University; Kaleigh Mrowka, International Institute for Restorative Practices

• Four Pillars For Support Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Identities - J. Cody Nielsen, Western Michigan University

• Interfaith?: A critical examination of the IDEALS framework for religious, secular, and spiritual identities. - J. Cody Nielsen, Western Michigan University

Discussant

• Kaleigh Mrowka, International Institute for Restorative Practices