Holy Ground: Muslim-Christian Relations in a Context of Civil War

Abstract

In the Summer of 2006, Sudanese Christian and Muslim volunteers gathered on the outskirts of Khartoum to explore opportunities for non-violence and reconciliation in the midst of a civil war that has often pitted their communities against one another. They focused their common work of liberation on those elements of who they are that facilitate peace or drive violence, beginning with their respective faiths. In this often awkward process of play, argument, and exchange, participants saw themselves, their traditions, and each other, in transforming ways, and met on “holy ground” in a land racked by war. The work of peacemaking proceeds from this experience.