Peacebuilding and Mission with Uchenna Anyanwu
From The Missions Drop by Frontier Ventures
November 18, 2025 · 1h 20m · Season 4 · Episode 12
About this episode
Uchenna Anyanwu discusses peacebuilding in contexts of acute violence and the church's role in fostering interfaith collaboration.
In this episode, Uchenna Anyanwu shares about his dissertation on peacebuilding in contexts of acute violence . He shares how the church must take a cross-centered path toward building peace with other religious communities while engaging local and other faith traditions to find a sacrificial way forward, so that the whole community may benefit and experience lasting peace. Resources Related to the Episode: Book: Pathways to Peacebuilding: Staurocentric Theology in Nigeria's Context of Acute Violence by Uchenna D. Anyanwu Book: Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation by Miroslav Volf Book: The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World by Miroslav Volf Uchenna Anyanwu's Bio and Staff Page for Frontier Fellowship Contact us: Our Podcast E-mail: thedroppodcast@frontierventures.org Andy's Email: andy.b@frontierventures.org Andy's Instagram: andybettencourt823 Dave's Email: dave.datema@frontierventures.org Emily's Instagram: no_the_other_emily Listen to Us: https://themissionsdrop.libsyn.com/site Visit Us: www.frontierventures.org www.missionfrontiers.org https://www.ijfm.org/ Follow Us: www.facebook.com/frontiervntrs…
People in this episode
Guest: Uchenna Anyanwu
Topics covered
- peacebuilding
- mission
- church engagement
- interfaith dialogue
- community benefit
- sacrificial approach
Keywords
- peacebuilding
- acute violence
- church
- interfaith
- sacrificial
- community
- theology
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Frontier Ventures
Books & works: Pathways to Peacebuilding: Staurocentric Theology in Nigeria's Context of Acute Violence, Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation, The End of Memory: Remembering Rightly in a Violent World
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