Peacemaking And The Challenge Of Violence In World Religions

Author : Irfan A. Omar,Michael K. Duffey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118953426

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Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions by Irfan A. Omar,Michael K. Duffey Pdf

Written by top practitioner-scholars who bring a critical yet empathetic eye to the topic, this textbook provides a comprehensive look at peace and violence in seven world religions. Offers a clear and systematic narrative with coverage of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Native American religions Introduces a different religion and its sacred texts in each chapter; discusses ideas of peace, war, nonviolence, and permissible violence; recounts historical responses to violence; and highlights individuals within the tradition working toward peace and justice Examines concepts within their religious context for a better understanding of the values, motivations, and ethics involved Includes student-friendly pedagogical features, such as enriching end-of-chapter critiques by practitioners of other traditions, definitions of key terms, discussion questions, and further reading sections

Author : Douglas Irvin-Erickson,Peter C. Phan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781137568519

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Violence, Religion, Peacemaking by Douglas Irvin-Erickson,Peter C. Phan Pdf

This volume explores how religious leaders can contribute to cultures of peace around the world. The essays are written by leading and emerging scholars and practitioners who have lived, taught, or worked in the areas of conflict about which they write. Connecting the theory and practice of religious peacebuilding to illuminate key challenges facing interreligious dialogue and interreligious peace work, the volume is explicitly interreligious, intercultural, and global in perspective. The chapters approach religion and peace from the vantage point of security studies, sociology, ethics, ecology, theology, and philosophy. A foreword by David Smock, the Vice President of Governance, Law and Society and Director of the Religion and Peacebuilding Center at the United States Institute of Peace, outlines the current state of the field.

Author : Marc Gopin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780195348071

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Between Eden and Armageddon by Marc Gopin Pdf

Recent years have seen a meteoric rise in the power and importance of organized religion in many parts of the world. At the same time, there has been a significant increase in violence perpetrated in the name of religion. While much has been written on the relationship between violence and religious militancy, history shows that religious people have also played a critical role in peacemaking within numerous cultures. In the new century, will religion bring upon further catastrophes? Or will it provide human civilization with methods of care, healing, and the creation of peaceful and just societies? In this groundbreaking book, Marc Gopin integrates the study of religion with the study of conflict resolution. He argues that religion can play a critical role in constructing a global community of shared moral commitments and vision--a community that can limit conflict to its nonviolent, constructive variety. If we examine religious myths and moral traditions, Gopin argues, we can understand why and when religious people come to violence, and why and when they become staunch peacemakers. He shows that it is the conservative expression of most religious traditions that presents the largest challenge in terms of peace and conflict. Gopin considers ways to construct traditional paradigms that are committed to peacemaking on a deep level and offers such a paradigm for the case of Judaism. Throughout, Gopin emphasizes that developing the potential of the world's religions for coping with conflict demands a conscious process on the part of peacemakers and theologians. His innovative and carefully argued study also offers a broad set of recommendations for policy planners both inside and outside of government.

Author : Irfan A. Omar,Michael K. Duffey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781118953440

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Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions by Irfan A. Omar,Michael K. Duffey Pdf

Written by top practitioner-scholars who bring a critical yet empathetic eye to the topic, this textbook provides a comprehensive look at peace and violence in seven world religions. Offers a clear and systematic narrative with coverage of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Native American religions Introduces a different religion and its sacred texts in each chapter; discusses ideas of peace, war, nonviolence, and permissible violence; recounts historical responses to violence; and highlights individuals within the tradition working toward peace and justice Examines concepts within their religious context for a better understanding of the values, motivations, and ethics involved Includes student-friendly pedagogical features, such as enriching end-of-chapter critiques by practitioners of other traditions, definitions of key terms, discussion questions, and further reading sections

Author : Michelle Garred,Mohammed Abu-Nimer
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538102657

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Making Peace with Faith by Michelle Garred,Mohammed Abu-Nimer Pdf

Although religion is almost never a root cause, it often gets pulled into conflict as a powerful element, especially where conflicting parties have different religious identities. Every faith tradition offers resources for peace, and secular policy makers are more and more acknowledging the influence of faith-based actors, even though there remains a tendency to associate religion more with conflict than peace. In this text, practitioners from different faiths relate and explore the many challenges they face in their peacebuilding work, which their secular partners may be unaware of. The contributors are all practitioners whose faith or religious experience motivates their work for peace and justice in such a way that it influences their actions. Their roles are diverse, as some work for faith-based institutions, while others engage in secular contexts. The multiple perspectives featured represent multiple faiths (Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish), diverse scopes of practice, different geographic regions. Each chapter follows a similar template to address specific challenges, such as dealing with extremist views, addressing negative stereotypes about one’s faith, endorsing violence, developing relations with other faith-based or secular groups, confronting gender-based violence, and working with people who hold different beliefs. In this text, practitioners from different faiths relate and explore the many challenges they face in their peacebuilding work, which their secular partners may be unaware of. They provide a comprehensive view of the practice of peacebuilding in its many challenging aspects, for both professionals and those studying religion and peacebuilding alike.

Author : Harold Coward,Gordon S. Smith
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791485859

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Religion and Peacebuilding by Harold Coward,Gordon S. Smith Pdf

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.

Author : Atalia Omer,R. Scott Appleby,David Little
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190217945

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The Oxford Handbook of Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding by Atalia Omer,R. Scott Appleby,David Little Pdf

This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding. Looking far beyond the traditional parameters of the field, the contributors engage deeply with the legacies of colonialism, missionary activism, secularism, orientalism, and liberalism as they relate to the discussion of religion, violence, and nonviolent transformation and resistance. Featuring numerous case studies from various contexts and traditions, the volume is organized thematically into five different parts. It begins with an up-to-date mapping of scholarship on religion and violence, and religion and peace. The second part explores the challenges related to developing secularist theories on peace and nationalism, broadening the discussion of violence to include an analysis of cultural and structural forms. In the third section, the chapters explore controversial topics such as religion and development, religious militancy, and the freedom of religion as a keystone of peacebuilding. The fourth part locates notions of peacebuilding in spiritual practice by focusing on constructive resources within various traditions, the transformative role of rituals, youth and interfaith activism in American university campuses, religion and solidarity activism, scriptural reasoning as a peacebuilding practice, and an extended reflection on the history and legacy of missionary peacebuilding. The volume concludes by looking to the future of peacebuilding scholarship and the possibilities for new growth and progress. Bringing together a diverse array of scholars, this innovative handbook grapples with the tension between theory and practice, cultural theory, and the legacy of the liberal peace paradigm, offering provocative, elastic, and context-specific insights for strategic peacebuilding processes.

Author : Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781316606728

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Peacemakers in Action: Volume 2 by Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding Pdf

The second volume of Peacemakers in Action tells the stories of remarkable individuals - peacemakers - across the world who strive to end violence in religiously charged conflicts.

Author : R. Scott Appleby
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0847685551

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The Ambivalence of the Sacred by R. Scott Appleby Pdf

This text explains what religious terrorists and religious peacemakers share in common and what causes them to take different paths in fighting injustice.

Author : Michael K. Duffey
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781538158593

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War No More by Michael K. Duffey Pdf

In the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, nonviolent movements for justice have succeeded where violent campaigns have failed. This book examines fourteen cases—eleven movements that succeeded and three that have, until now, failed—and shows why nonviolent strategies work, drawing on the thought of practitioners and theorists. Later chapters examine violent U.S. interventions abroad and at home, as well as citizen movements for nonviolent conflict resolution. As an introduction to nonviolent movements, this text engages students in recent events from the news as well as the history of modern warfare. Bringing in philosophical and religious texts from a diverse set of traditions, author Michael K. Duffey offers a multifaceted argument for embracing nonviolent solutions to conflict.

Author : Timothy J. Demy,Gina Granados Palmer Ph.D.
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798216182894

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Religion and War by Timothy J. Demy,Gina Granados Palmer Ph.D. Pdf

Looking at topics across the spectrum of America's wars, religious groups, personalities, and ideas, this volume shows that even in an increasingly secular society, religious roots and values run deep throughout American society and are elevated in times of war. There is a long and deep relationship between religion, politics, and war in U.S. history. While there is a constitutional and legal separation of religion and the state in American society, religion has been and remains a potent force in American culture and politics affecting many aspects of life, including perspectives on war and peace and the experience of war in U.S. history. From the American Revolution to the wars of the 21st century, religious values have informed and influenced American attitudes toward war and peace and have provided rationale for support and non-support of American participation in conflicts. An overview essay surveys the background and significance of religion in American culture and provides historical context for discussions of contemporary topics. A timeline highlights key events related to wars and conflicts. The volume then includes more than 50 topical essays that discuss specific wars as well as religious themes within culture and politics, ultimately providing a detailed overview of the intersection of religion, war, and politics in contemporary America.

Author : S. Thistlethwaite
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137012944

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Interfaith Just Peacemaking by S. Thistlethwaite Pdf

Interfaith Just Peacemaking is a collected work by 27 Jewish, Muslim and Christian scholars and religious leaders on the ten 'practice norms' of the peacemaking paradigm called 'Just Peace.'Just Peace theory, like the paradigm it most resembles, Just War theory, is a list of specific practices that are applied to concrete contexts.

Author : Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780521853583

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Peacemakers in Action by Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding Pdf

Across the globe, there are more than 50 armed conflicts, many of which are being perpetrated in the name of religion. In these zones of violence, there are brave men and women who, motivated by their religious beliefs, are working to create and sustain peace and reconciliation. Yet their stories are unknown. This book explores the conflicts and the stories of 15 remarkable individuals identified and studied by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding from regions as far-flung as West Papua, Indonesia, the Middle East, Northern Ireland, Nigeria, El Salvador and South Africa. The book also captures important lessons learned when these peacemakers convened in Amman, Jordan for the 2004 Peacemakers in Action Retreat and discussed their best techniques and greatest obstacles in creating peace on the ground. Peacemakers in Action provides guidance to students of religion and future peacemakers.

Author : Schellhammer, Erich Paul
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781799897385

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Evolution of Peace Leadership and Practical Implications by Schellhammer, Erich Paul Pdf

Faced with conflict and opposition across disciplines and industries, understanding and utilizing peace throughout leadership roles has never been more important than in today’s world. Ensuring leaders are prepared and educated in the benefits of peaceful resolution and management is crucial to create a more thoughtful and civilized society. Further study on the best practices, opportunities, and challenges of implementing peace into leadership roles is needed for successful adoption. Evolution of Peace Leadership and Practical Implications develops essential themes in the field of peace leadership and combines theoretical frameworks and practical applications to provide a comprehensive discussion on the history and current state of peace leadership and peace leadership education. Covering topics such as peacebuilding, social justice, and the Sustainable Development Goals, this reference work is an essential guide for managers, business owners, policymakers, scholars, practitioners, researchers, academicians, instructors, and students.

Author : David R. Smock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Conflict management
ISBN : UOM:39015069166695

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Religious Contributions to Peacemaking by David R. Smock Pdf