Collection Description
International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC)
This collection contains the material developed at or related to the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in Kingston, Jamaica, 17-25 May 2011.
The World Council of Churches' 9th Assembly (Porto Alegre, Brazil, February 2006) decided that "the conclusion of the Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV) be marked by an International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC)". The Assembly also called for "a process of wide consultation to be undertaken toward developing an ecumenical declaration on "just peace". This consultative process leading up to the IEPC allowed for broad participation with many entry points, and covers a wide spectrum of thematic and methodological approaches.
The IEPC brought together a wide spectrum of people witnessing to the peace of God as a gift and responsibility of the entire human family. It sought to strengthen the church's position on peace, provided opportunities for networking and deepening the churches common commitment to the processes of reconciliation and just peace.
Sources from WCC on the Decade to Overcome Violence
Classification tree: Overview
DF1 Initial Statement Towards an Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace
DF4 Other International Ecumenical Peace Convocation
DF5 Decade to Overcome Violence
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DF1 Initial Statement Towards an Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace
DF11 Text of the Initial Statement Towards an Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace
DF12 Reactions to the Initial Statement Towards an Ecumenical Declaration on Just Peace
DF121 Reactions from Member Churches
DF1211 Africa
DF1212 Asia / Oceania
DF1213 South America
DF122 Reactions from other Churches
DF1221 Africa
DF1222 Asia / Oceania
DF1223 South America
DF1225 Europe
DF123 Reactions from Theological Schools
DF124 Reactions from Groups / Networks
DF1241 Africa
DF1243 South America
DF125 Reactions from individuals
DF21 Declaration on Just Peace
DF211 Ecumenical Call to Just Peace
DF213 Final Report of the Decade to Overcome Violence
DF25 Presentations/ Speeches/ Messages
DF31 Peace on Earth - Peace with the Earth. Special issue of the Ecumenical Review
DF32 New Routes, A Journal of Peace Research and Action
DF33 Echoes magazine on the subject of violence
DF34 "Telling the truth about ourselves and our world", Study Guide
DF35 "Why Violence? Why not Peace?", Study Guide
DF4 Other International Ecumenical Peace Convocation
DF42 Peace in the Community
DF43 Peace with the Earth
DF44 Peace in the Marketplace
DF45 Peace among the People
DF46 Other