Making Peace Matter: Peace Theory for Practitioners
Online Course – Six Gatherings | Saturdays, 7th November – 12th December 2026 | 3:00pm to 4:30pm (UK Time)
The world has never been more in need of peace, yet many of us are left wondering how to translate our values, spiritual practice, and communication skills into meaningful change. This six-week online course offers an opportunity to explore peace not only as an inner experience, but as a practical and transformative force within communities, organisations, and society.
Together we will engage with academic peace theory through a spiritual lens, exploring what it means to become a bringer and builder of peace in today’s world. Through presentations, discussion, reflection, journaling, and creative expression, we will examine themes including the nature of peace and violence, conflict transformation, conscious communication, peacebuilding, and our responsibilities within the wider social fabric. The course unfolds through six themes: Motivations for Peace, Understanding Peace, Dynamics of Peace, Responsibility for Peace, Building Peace, and Maintaining Peace.
This course is open to anyone interested in this work: spiritual practitioners, clergy, educators, tutors, teachers, community leaders, philanthropists, charitable volunteers, or anyone drawn to peace work in their own life. This unique offering will speak most directly to those exploring peace work as a OneSpirit minister or community member. Whether you are already engaged in peace work or are discovering the peacebuilder within yourself, you are warmly welcome to join us.