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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 1 (2025) The Continuing Saga of Darfur and Sudan

Featured Essays

Introduction: The Continuing Saga of Darfur and Sudan
Mawa Mohamed and Ron Pagnucco

Sudan: A nation divided, a people displaced
Talmiz Ahmad

US Government’s Genocide Determination for Sudan and the US Treasury Department Sanctions
US Government Press Releases & Responses

The United Arab Emirates Trip: A Problem of Propaganda
Cecilia Volk

Rape and Sexual Violence in Sudan

Civilian Priorities for Ending the War in Sudan
Abdalla Hamdok

Comments on former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s Chatham House Proposal
- Sudanese Student Union

Comments on former Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s Chatham House Proposal
Salih Mustafa

Democracy Under Fire: The Battle Between Negotiation and Military Force in Sudan's Two-Year Civil War
Mad Gabriel

The Chatham House Speech by Dr. Abdalla Hamdok, October 31, 2024, and the Following Recent Developments in Sudan
Tayseer Elfaki Mustafa

World Day of Prayer for Peace in Sudan on 11 April 2025 - Booklet for Communities
- Pax Christi International

World Day of Prayer for Peace in Sudan on 11 April 2025 - Booklet for Faith Leaders
- Pax Christi International

Review Essay: Ibn Khaldun on Sufism
Eslam ElBahlawan

Review of Sudan, Remember Us
Esther Sprague

Recommended Resources on Darfur and Sudan

Working Paper: The Role of Nafeer and Social Networks in Sudan’s Humanitarian Response and the Challenges for International Aid
Mazin Sharfi

General Essays

Monastic-Muslim Dialogue
William Skudlarek OSB

From hegemony to the “regime of tolerance” in Muslim-Christian relations: the stakes of the Pope’s trip to Bahrain
Francois Mabille

Right to Education and Access to Schooling: Understanding the Role of Students’ Transportation Challenges in Selected Junior Secondary Schools in Ilorin, Nigeria
Usman Bolaji Abdulkadir and Egbinola Temitope Anuoluwa

Social Solidarity & Philanthropy in African Contexts
Dennis Kilama, Patricia Snell Herzog, and David P. King

The Delegation Discovering ‘Palestinianity’
Dianne Kirby

Human Security and The Idiot: “Can Beauty Really Save the World”
Aaron Tyler

Intergenerational Dialogue and Inquiry for Collective Healing, Social Justice and Communal Well-Being: A Reflection on Conceptions, Processes and Practices
Scherto Gill

Fratelli Tutti and Social Media: Solidarity and Social Networks Among Locals and Urban Refugees in Kampala, Uganda
Augustine Bahemuka

Religious Bodies Crime Control Strategies in Lagos Slums, Nigeria
Lateef Adeyemo

The Overlooked Dynamics of Sibling Violence: Sociological Perspectives and Intervention Strategies
Rowland Edet

Community-Based Research and Catholic Higher Education in Solidarity: Embracing the Risks and Gifts of Interdependence
Linda Land-Closson

Toward Integral Security: How Environmental Protection Was Incorporated into the United Nations System and Why it Matters Today and Tomorrow
Patricia M. Mische

Peter Maurin as the New St. Benedict: A Review Essay
William J. Collinge

Christian Ethics and Business Leadership
Jon Armajani

New Cold War, New Anti-Nuclear Activism (webinar)
- Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies

Book Reviews

Review of Pope John’s Pacem in Terris and the Call for Global Governance
Thomas Massaro

Review of Making a Way Out of No Way
Walter W. Hill Jr.

Review of Portraits of Peacemakers: Americans Who Tell the Truth
Rosemarie Pace

Review of Insurrectionary Uprisings: A Reader in Revolutionary Nonviolence and Decolonization
Matilda Maseno

Review of The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart
Michael Mclaughlin

Review of Grassroots Ecumenism: The Way of Local Christian Reunion
John A. Radano

Review of Peacebuilding and Catholic Social Teaching
Peter R. Gathje

Review of Ordinary Whites in Apartheid Society: Social Histories of Accommodation
Gary Prevost

Review of Algorithms of resistance: The everyday fight against platform power
John G. McNutt

Review of God's Resistance: Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants
Anna Peterson

Review of Laboratories of Autocracy: A Wake-Up Call from Behind the Lines
Neal Allen and Philip Pfeiffer

Katharine Drexel and the Sisters Who Shared Her Vision
Annie Huey

Review of In a Human Voice
Jean Keller