Institute for Faith-Based Diplomacy
FRAMEWORK
General Overview
VALUES
DISTINCTION
Operating From a Different Framework
Faith-based reconciliation is an alternative approach to traditional diplomacy and peacemaking, and it differs from those methods in that it is principally a spiritually-based effort to soften hearts and enable constructive joint problem solving.
Participants in FBR workshops explore eight core values through a deliberative process that seeks to create a reconciling spirit for healing the historic wounds that energize hostility between communities.
By building bridges between opposing community leaders, FBR can facilitate the trust-based constructive joint problem solving needed to resolve a range of issues that perpetuate distrust and hostility.
The FBR methodology is neither a form of “interfaith dialogue” nor an approach based on a single religious tradition.
Instead, it is a spiritual enterprise that assists participants – often from different faith traditions – to experience empathy for each other at a deep level.
Designed to engage present or future leaders, FBR pursues healing between communities to enable trust-based joint problem solving and the creation of new processes and practices for maintaining cooperation and peace.
