SERVICES
Practical Research
Our partners want to know which program approaches produce promising outcomes, and how, in intergroup relations programs.
Ripple uses applied social science methods to get answers about what works, and to explore the underlying conditions that make progress possible. Consistent themes include shifting power to local leaders and understanding the dynamic interaction between internal transformation and outward behavior.
SERVICES
Practical Research
Our partners want to know which program approaches produce promising outcomes, and how, in intergroup relations programs.
Ripple uses applied social science methods to get answers about what works, and to explore the underlying conditions that make progress possible. Consistent themes include shifting power to local leaders and understanding the dynamic interaction between internal transformation and outward behavior.
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Highlight: Religion, Justice and Peace
Although religion is almost never a root cause, it often gets pulled into conflict as a powerful element, especially where conflicting parties have different religious identities. Every faith tradition offers resources for peace, and secular policy makers are more and more acknowledging the influence of faith-based actors, even though there remains a tendency to associate religion more with conflict than peace. In this book, practitioners from different faiths relate and explore the many challenges they face in their peacebuilding work, which their secular partners may be unaware of.
