Constructive agency under duress

A research note on “Witnessing Peace”

Authors

  • Janna Hunter-Bowman Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

Keywords:

Colombia, Colombian Mennonite Church, third wave peace theology, eschatology, peacebuilding, John Paul Lederach, John Howard Yoder

Abstract

This essay draws from Witnessing Peace to define constructive agency under duress. It offers an example of a woman peacebuilder who suffered sexualized violence in the context of the protracted armed conflict and the transformation of relationships of power within a peace community. Reflection on praxis with women peacebuilders in Colombia brings into view the need for precision about power relations in peace communities or “constituencies of peace.” It sketches several inadequacies of John Howard Yoder’s peace theologies and highlights the conceptual development of a third wave of peace theology.

Author Biography

Janna Hunter-Bowman, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary

Janna Hunter-Bowman is associate professor of peace studies and Christian social ethics and director of the master’s in theology and peace studies program at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Elkhart, Indiana.

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Published

2025-01-17

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2025): War and peace

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Articles

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