Christianity, Custom, and Law
Christianity, Custom, and Law
Conflict and Peacemaking in the Postconflict Solomon Islands
This chapter shows that the pursuit of peace often makes use of three institutional mechanisms — church, custom, and law. Contrary to popular perceptions of ‘closed’ island societies, this approach revolves around a basic openness to foreigners and foreignness. This openness is accompanied by a widely shared sense that people — whether they be locals or foreigners — have reciprocal rights. The chapter highlights an extensive and complex entanglement of social relations whereby problems in one realm of life, such as illness, can be entwined with those in another, such as land disputes. One implication of these complex interdependent relationships is that locals, rather than outsiders, are best placed to devise satisfactory conflict resolution interventions.
Keywords: institutional mechanisms, church, custom, law, reciprocal rights, social relations, interdependent relationships
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