Reconciliation in the Sudans

by Stein Erik Horjen

Overview

Focusing on the pivotal role of the Sudanese churches through a grassroots peace process called People to People, Horjen examines the churches' work in ensuring the success of the peace talks between the SPLM and the government sealed by the 2005 Peace Agreement. Horjen details the tremendous suffering of the people during recurrent conflicts in Sudan and South Sudan.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781433133275
Publisher:	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Publication date:	06/08/2016
Series:	Religion and Society in Africa , #2
Pages:	204
Product dimensions:	5.91(w) x 8.86(h) x (d)

About the Author

As Special Advisor on Peace and Reconciliation at Norwegian Church Aid, Stein Erik Horjen has been immersed in Sudanese studies since the late nineties. In 2006, he began working for the Norwegian Government as a Development Advisor and later as a diplomat in Khartoum, Juba, and Nairobi. Horjen has a master’s in theology from the University in Oslo and has been an ordained Minister in the Church of Norway since 1989.

Table of Contents

Contents: Translator’s Note – Sunday Morning in the Cathedral – The People Along the Nile – The War No One Would Win – Religion in Conflict – Interfaith Dialogue – Suffering and God – Sudanese Christianity Since the Time of the Apostles – Peace in Addis – A People Divided by War – Peace Initiatives – One Voice – Kejiko – Wunlit – New Power Struggle in the SPLM/A – Kisumu – Sudan Ecumenical Forum – Let My People Choose! – Entebbe Talks – Comprehensive Peace Processes? – Methods – Back in Juba – The Long Road to Peace.