"The Buddha Stopping the Armies."
1. Research the sermons and
scripture selections used in regional churches in the week before and the
several weeks after 11 September 2001 and analyze your findings.
2. Research the sermons
and scripture selections used in regional churches in the week before and
the several weeks after the invasion of Iraq and analyze your findings.
3. Research the relationship
between violence toward animals and violence toward humans.
4. Choose a commodity and
trace the "social justice trail" or the trial of exploitation and human
or environmental impact.
5. Compare current (very
recent) U. S. nuclear policy and plans to the provisions of the nuclear
non-proliferation treaty.
6. Research U. S. pharmaceutical
companies' policies regarding the sale and distribution in Africa, South
America, and Asia of drugs used to treat HIV and AIDS.
7. Research water as a factor
in past, recent, and (likely) future wars.
8. Research and compare
post-traumatic stress disorder in soldiers and civilians in war zones.
9. Research the demobilisation
of child soldiers in Africa.
10. Research the ways that
land mines affect community life and development in Africa, Asia, and the
Balkans.
11. Research economic data
for the last thirty years to determine whether war is good or bad for a
nation's economy.
12. Research the motives
that influence people to join a volunteer military and compare those motives
to the motives that influence people to join terrorist organisations.
13. Research portrayals
of terrorists in movies over the last forty years.
14. Research laws governing
occupation of a country or region by a nation following a war.
15. With a partner, research
and compare the occupations of Tibet, Palestine, Kosovo and Iraq.
16. Research the connection
between environmental movements and peace movements.
17. Research the environmental
impact of the conventional North American diet.
18. Research the significance
of race and socioeconomic status in the professional (non-conscript) militaries
of several nations.
19. Research the laws of
the U. S. and other nations governing civil disobedience and direct action.
20. Research the role of
arts or music as garnering support for or opposition to war in nations
or regions other than the U. S.
