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The Journal of Social Encounters (ISSN: 2995-2212) is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed, peace and justice studies journal published online by the Center for Social Justice and Ethics at The Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi, Kenya, in collaboration with the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota. The JSE is published twice a year online, in March/April and August/September, on the CSB/SJU Digital Commons.

Current Issue: Volume 9, Issue 2 (2025) Historical Memory and Interfaith Relations

Featured Essays

Introduction to the Special Issue on Historical Memory and Interfaith Relations
Jon Armajani

Christianity in Relation to Judaism: Historical Memory and Polemics in Constructing the Story of Christian Faith
John Merkle

Our Bare Life: The Care Manifesto, Homo Sacer, and Hannah Arendt on Memory, Spontaneous Community, and Postwar Authoritarianism
Sam Grayck

Schism and Dialogue in Antioch: Melkite-Orthodox Relations, 1724 – Present
Berge Traboulsi

An Interfaith Paradise Lost? Religion and the Memory of the Lebanese Civil War in Postwar Novels
Wilbert van Saane

Restorative Nostalgia and Religious Nationalism: Lessons from Srebrenica
Noreen Herzfeld

Democracy, Rights, Historical Memory, and Interfaith Relations in the Works of Fatima Mernissi and Asma Uddin
Jon Armajani

Dalit Poetry on the Eve of Indian Independence: Gurram Jashuva and the Quest for Critical Consciousness and Collective Remembering
Chris Conway

Additional Essays

Hezbollah's Military Setback: From Strategic Strength to Political Dilemma—A Comprehensive Analysis
Habib AlBadawi

Engaging the Somali Diaspora: A Case Study of One Agency’s Community Programming Approach
Farhia Abdi

The Origins of the Pax Christi International Movement: the Pax Christi in Regno Christi Crusade
François Mabille

Dalit and Tribal Women as Ecological Victims
Dhinakaran Savariyar

Enhancing Peacebuilding for Integral Human Development: Caritas Good Practices and Lessons Learnt
- Caritas Internationalis

On the 25th Anniversary of the Political Assassination of a Human Rights Hero from Minnesota, Fr. John Kaiser
Ron Pagnucco, Peter Kimeu Ngui, Elizabeth M. Brown, and Mary Wangari Sebastian

The Late Father Rev. John Anthony Kaiser: “A Case for Justice”
Mbuthi Gathenji

General Essays

Introduction: Continuing the Exploration of the Darfur and Sudan Crisis
Mawa Mohamed and Ron Pagnucco

Sudan: A War of Atrocities Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan
- Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General

The Conflict in Sudan: An Overview
Mad Gabriel

The Sudanese Identity in the Mirror of Colonial and Post-Independence History
Abdalla Galaleldeen

Escalation Pathways to the April War and the Dynamics of Sudan's Political Economy
Salih Mustafa, Osama Hassan, and Nagi Alassam

Darfur and Sudan Recommended Webinars

Book Reviews

Review of: Election 2024 South Africa: Countdown to Coalition
Gary Prevost

Review of: The Life and Thought of H. Odera Oruka: Pursuing Justice in Africa
Robert Press

Review of: Christianity and Human Rights Reconsidered
John Ashworth

Review of: Spreading Hate: The Global Rise of White Supremacist Terrorism
Sachal Jacob

Review of: Nos escuchó: un testimonio maya sobre el beato Stanley “Apla’s” Rother
Brian Larkin

Review of: With the Best of Intentions: Interreligious Missteps and Mistakes
William Skudlarek OSB

Review of: The Mistake: A New Play about Hiroshima
Rosemarie Pace Ed.D.

Review of: Deep transformations: A theory of degrowth
Daina Cheyenne Harvey

Review of: Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World
Bill Droel

Review of: Justice After War: Jus Post Bellum in the 21st Century
Jacaranda Turvey Tait

Review of: Feminist Conversations on Peace
Matilda Maseno

Call for Papers

Call for Papers for The Journal of Social Encounters’ Special Issue