Honyomiji: the local women’s peacebuilding institution in South Sudan

Bedigen, Winnifred

doi:10.1080/21647259.2021.1895613

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“…In particular, the relationship of an individual/community to God/supernatural being believed to bring peace or disturbances to members (Evans-Pritchard 1953: 3). The belief in God through the South Sudanese indigenous religion, sometimes referred to as Animism or ATR, promotes morality and relationships between humans, God, spirits and the environment (Bedigen 2021). Such spiritual beliefs originating from members' religious experiences are inseparable from customary practices of ceremonies, rituals and peace (Bedigen 2017).…”

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“…Lederach's work (1997: 87) supports this by indicating that 'people and their cultural traditions for building peace are ... primary resources'. Moreover, most of these rituals are utilised in peer-to-peer, family, clan intra-and inter-ethnic peacebuildingmaking them 'everyday' practices (Bedigen 2017;2021;Mac Ginty 2014). Indicated by Mac Ginty (2014: 549), everyday peace is 'the routinized practices used by individuals and collectives as they navigate their way through life in a deeply divided society that may suffer from ethnic or religious cleavages and be prone to episodic direct violence'.…”

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A quest for sustainable peace in South Sudan: the role of everyday religious practices, ceremonies and rituals in robust peacebuilding

Bedigen¹

2022

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Since 1955, South Sudan has had intermittent civil wars, and sustainable peace has been difficult to attain. There have been numerous attempts that include major international and national political and economic initiatives. Among the social initiatives, The New Sudan Council of Churches (NSCC), perceived to represent all religious practices and people, was considered an essential tool in uniting all South Sudanese, ending conflicts and achieving sustainable peace both within the communities and nationally. However, the inclusion of the NSCC, which represents mainly Christianity and includes Muslim religious leaders, has not delivered sustainable peace. This article utilises ethnographic data to present a socioreligious perspective. It seeks to argue that other South Sudanese indigenous or cultural religious everyday peace practices of ceremonies and rituals can present a robust peacebuilding initiative in the region. It concludes that the inter-relationships of socioreligious practices, an aspect the NSCC peacebuilding processes ignored, are essential in delivering sustainable peace.

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Section: Theoretical Conceptualisationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%