This thesis has three objectives:  1) to study the Conflict Management in Theravada Buddhism 2) to study the Conflict Management in Roman Catholic Christianity and 3) to comparatively study of the Conflict Management in Theravada Buddhism and Roman Catholic Christianity. This study is of documentary type of research.

The results of the study were as follows:

Theravada Buddhism is of the view that conflict management is the application of the doctrines of Buddhism for conflict management into two levels:   1) objective in the Individual level—it depends on the doctrines that emphasize on the development of quality and ability of mind in the individual level, namely, carefulness, three characteristics, endurance, divine states, four prejudices, and action, 2) objective in the social level—it depends on the doctrines that give result in the positive way to individual, social organization, and the nation, namely, unity, condition of welfare, states of conciliation, principles of service and social integration, and morality.

Roman Catholic Christianity is the religion of love; it is of the view that conflict management is that of the ending violation of the rule of nature and society, appearing in the mind of people, aiming at removing conflict and bringing peace and happiness to the mind of people and society permanently. In Roman Catholic Christianity, there are two forms of conflict management, namely, 1) conflict management on the passive form—the conformity with the principle of endurance, 2) conflict management on the active form--the conformity with the principle of assistance. However, conflict management according to Roman Catholic Christianity depends upon three ways: 1) conflict management with love by way of mind-purification, baptism, and praying, 2) conflict management by scarifying—it is the way to annihilate greed occurring inside the mind that would bring good effect to both oneself and society, and 3) conflict management with endurance aiming at restraining anger, that is, reducing of anger, and, reacting to the anger by both body and mind.

To sum up, conflict management in Theravada Buddhism and Roman Catholic Christianity is to seek the way of building lasting peace and happiness to individual and society as a whole. But the difference for conflict management of both Buddhism and Roman Catholic Christianity is on the final goal; Theravada Buddhism aims at reaching to the pure peace, that is to say, Nibbāna, but Roman Catholic Christianity aims at permanent living after death.

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