Becoming lost and found: Peace, Christianity, and anti-oppression

This paper argues that interrogating the concepts of peace and forgiveness reveals tensions in anti-oppressive discourses around secularity versus Christian beliefs, as well as dogmatic tendencies in anti-oppression. Concepts such as peace and forgiveness are seldom engaged with due to anti-oppression’s regulatory framework that is premised on a secular/sacred binarism. Peace and forgiveness are concepts that can trouble the secular/sacred binary, render anti-oppressive identities more capacious, and augment discussions of self-reflectivity.