Religion and Peacebuilding
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Religion and Peacebuilding

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Religion and Peacebuilding

About this book

Acknowledging that religion can motivate both violence and compassion, this book looks at how a variety of world religions can and do build peace.

In the wake of September 11, 2001 religion is often seen as the motivating force behind terrorism and other acts of violence. Religion and Peacebuilding looks beyond headlines concerning violence perpetrated in the name of religion to examine how world religions have also inspired social welfare and peacemaking activism. Leading scholars from the Aboriginal, Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions provide detailed analyses of the spiritual resources for fostering peace within their respective religions. The contributors discuss the formidable obstacles to nonviolent conflict transformation found within sacred texts and living traditions. Case studies of Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Cambodia, and South Africa are also examined as practical applications of spiritual resources for peace.

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Information

Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780791459348, 9780791459331
eBook ISBN
9780791485859
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Religion
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Religion and Peacebuilding - Editor
  3. Religion and Peacebuilding
  4. Copyright
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1. A Moment of Opportunity? The Promise of Religious Peacebuilding in an Era of Religious and Ethnic Conflict
  8. Part I: Spiritual Resources within Religions for Peacebuilding
  9. Part II: Case Studies in Religion and Peacebuilding
  10. Contributors
  11. Index
  12. Back Cover