Religion In Disputes

Author : Christine Schliesser,S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana,Pauline Kollontai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000167535

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On the Significance of Religion in Conflict and Conflict Resolution by Christine Schliesser,S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana,Pauline Kollontai Pdf

In this ground-breaking volume, the authors analyze the role of religion in conflict and conflict resolution. They do so from the perspectives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, while bringing different disciplines into play, including peace and conflict studies, religious studies, theology, and ethics. With much of current academic, political, and public attention focusing on the conflictive dimensions of religion, this book also explores the constructive resources of religion for conflict resolution and reconciliation. Analyzing the specific contributions of religious actors in this field, their potentials and possible problems connected with them, this book sheds light on the concrete contours of the oftentimes vague “religious factor” in processes of social change. Case studies in current and former settings of violent conflict such as Israel, post-genocide Rwanda, and Pakistan provide “real-life” contexts for discussion. Combining cutting-edge research with case studies and concrete implications for academics, policy makers, and practitioners, this concise and easily accessible volume helps to build bridges between these oftentimes separated spheres of engagement. The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003002888, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Antony Loewenstein,Jane Caro,Rachel Woodlock,Simon Smart
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781743289136

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For God's Sake by Antony Loewenstein,Jane Caro,Rachel Woodlock,Simon Smart Pdf

Four Australian thinkers come together to ask and answer the big questions, such as: What is the nature of the universe? Doesn't religion cause most of the conflict in the world? and Where do we find hope? We are introduced to the detail of different belief systems - Judaism, Christianity, Islam - and to the argument that atheism, like organised religion, has its own compelling logic. And we gain insight into the life events that led each author to their current position. Jane Caro flirted briefly with spiritual belief, inspired by 19th century literary heroines such as Elizabeth Gaskell and the Brontë sisters. Antony Lowenstein is proudly culturally, yet unconventionally, Jewish. Simon Smart is firmly and resolutely a Christian, but one who has had some of his most profound spiritual moments while surfing. Rachel Woodlock grew up in the alternative embrace of Baha'i belief but became entranced by its older parent religion, Islam. Provocative, informative and passionately argued, For God's Sake encourages us to accept religious differences but to also challenge more vigorously the beliefs that create discord.

Author : Stipe Odak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030551121

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Religion, Conflict, and Peacebuilding by Stipe Odak Pdf

This book provides fresh insights into the role of religious leaders in conflict transformation and peacebuilding. Based on a large dataset of interviews with Christian and Muslim leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it offers a contextually rich analysis of the main post-conflict challenges: forgiveness, reconciliation, and tragic memories. Designed as an inductive, qualitative research, it also develops an integrative theoretical model of religiously-inspired engagement in conflict transformation. The work introduces a number of new concepts which are relevant for both theory and practice of peacebuilding, such as Residue of Forgiveness, Degree Zero of Reconciliation, Ecumene of Compassion, and Phantomic Memories. The book, furthermore, proposes two correlated concepts - "theological dissonance" and "pastoral optimization" - as theoretical tools to describe the interplay between moral ideals and practical limitations. The text is a valuable resource for religious and social scholars alike, especially those interested in topics of peace, conflict, and justice. From the methodological standpoint, it is an original and audacious attempt at bringing together theological, philosophical, and political narratives on conflicts and peace through the innovative use of the Grounded Theory approach.

Author : Megan Shore
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317068136

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Religion and Conflict Resolution by Megan Shore Pdf

This book examines the ambiguous role that Christianity played in South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It has two objectives: to analyse the role Christianity played in the TRC and to highlight certain consequences that may be instructive to future international conflict resolution processes. Religion and conflict resolution is an area of significant importance. Ongoing conflicts involving Palestinians and Israelis, Muslims and Hindus, and even radical Islamic jihadists and Western countries have heightened the awareness of the potential power of religion to fuel conflict. Yet these religious traditions also promote peace and respect for others as key components in doing justice. Examining the potential role religion can play in generating peace and justice, specifically Christianity in South Africa's TRC, is of utmost importance as religiously inspired violence continues to occur. This book highlights the importance of accounting for religion in international conflict resolution.

Author : Clinton Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317491064

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In Search of Solutions by Clinton Bennett Pdf

Religion has played a role in conflict throughout history, with religious scriptures often being used to justify violence. In Search of Solutions evaluates the role of religion in Northern Ireland, Bosnia and Israel-Palestine. The book argues that religion has a tendency towards conflict and that peace is best guaranteed when human individuals commune directly with the divine without the mediation of organized religions. Different approaches to the reading of scriptures are introduced, drawing on post-modern theory. In Search of Solutions will be invaluable for the student seeking a clear overview of both the theory and the practice of religion in conflict resolution.

Author : Robert Manning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Apologetics
ISBN : HARVARD:HNSSNU

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The Shortest Way to End Disputes about Religion by Robert Manning Pdf

Author : Wendy Mayer,Bronwen Neil
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110291940

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Religious Conflict from Early Christianity to the Rise of Islam by Wendy Mayer,Bronwen Neil Pdf

Conflict has been an inescapable facet of religion from its very beginnings. This volume offers insight into the mechanisms at play in the centuries from the Jesus-movement’s first attempts to define itself over and against Judaism to the beginnings of Islam. Profiling research by scholars of the Centre for Early Christian Studies at Australian Catholic University, the essays document inter- and intra-religious conflict from a variety of angles. Topics relevant to the early centuries range from religious conflict between different parts of the Christian canon, types of conflict, the origins of conflict, strategies for winning, for conflict resolution, and the emergence of a language of conflict. For the fourth to seventh centuries case studies from Asia Minor, Syria, Constantinople, Gaul, Arabia and Egypt are presented. The volume closes with examinations of the Christian and Jewish response to Islam, and of Islam’s response to Christianity. Given the political and religious tensions in the world today, this volume is well positioned to find relevance and meaning in societies still grappling with the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

Author : F. von Benda-Beckmann,Keebet von Benda-Beckmann,M. Ramstedt,B. Turner
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1349458244

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Religion in Disputes by F. von Benda-Beckmann,Keebet von Benda-Beckmann,M. Ramstedt,B. Turner Pdf

How are time-honored tenets of faith, different ritual sensibilities, and newly emerging eschatological imaginaries articulated with other normative registers and moral susceptibilities in disputes? This book examines such questions through cases in Europe, the United States, Israel, Africa, and South and Southeast Asia.

Author : Atalia Omer,R. Scott Appleby,David Little
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199731640

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

This title provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding. Extending that inquiry beyond its traditional parameters, the volume explores the legacies of colonialism, missionary activism, secularism, orientalism, and liberalism. While featuring case studies from diverse contexts and traditions, the volume is organised thematically.

Author : Melissa Crouch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134508365

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Law and Religion in Indonesia by Melissa Crouch Pdf

Understanding and managing inter-religious relations, particularly between Muslims and Christians, presents a challenge for states around the world. This book investigates legal disputes between religious communities in the world’s largest majority-Muslim, democratic country, Indonesia. It considers how the interaction between state and religion has influenced relations between religious communities in the transition to democracy. The book presents original case studies based on empirical field research of court disputes in West Java, a majority-Muslim province with a history of radical Islam. These include criminal court cases, as well as cases of judicial review, relating to disputes concerning religious education, permits for religious buildings and the crime of blasphemy. The book argues that the democratic law reform process has been influenced by radical Islamists because of the politicization of religion under democracy and the persistence of fears of Christianization. It finds that disputes have been localized through the decentralization of power and exacerbated by the central government’s ambivalent attitude towards radical Islamists who disregard the rule of law. Examining the challenge facing governments to accommodate minorities and manage religious pluralism, the book furthers understanding of state-religion relations in the Muslim world. This accessible and engaging book is of interest to students and scholars of law and society in Southeast Asia, was well as Islam and the state, and the legal regulation of religious diversity.

Author : Ara Norenzayan
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780691169743

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Big Gods by Ara Norenzayan Pdf

Examines how the belief in gods has lead to cooperation and sometimes conflict between groups. The author also looks at how some cooperative societies have developed without belief in gods.

Author : Megan Pearson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317074564

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Proportionality, Equality Laws, and Religion by Megan Pearson Pdf

This book considers how the law should manage conflicts between the right of religious freedom and that of non-discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. These disputes are often high-profile and frequently receive a lot of media attention and public debate. Starting from the basis that both these rights are valuable and worthy of protection, but that such disputes are often characterised by animosity, it contends that a proportionality analysis provides the best method for resolving these conflicts. The work takes a comparative approach, examining the law in England and Wales, Canada, and the USA and examines four main areas of law, considering how a proportionality approach could be used in each. The book will be an invaluable resource for students and researchers in the areas of Public Law, Human Rights Law, Law and Religion, Discrimination Law, and Comparative Law.

Author : CHAD M. BAUMAN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8194783089

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ANTI-CHRISTIAN VIOLENCE IN INDIA. by CHAD M. BAUMAN Pdf

Author : Thomas Matyók,Maureen Flaherty,Hamdesa Tuso,Jessica Senehi,Sean Byrne
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780739176290

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Peace on Earth by Thomas Matyók,Maureen Flaherty,Hamdesa Tuso,Jessica Senehi,Sean Byrne Pdf

Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies provides a critical analysis of faith and religious institutions in peacebuilding practice and pedagogy. The work captures the synergistic relationships among faith traditions and how multiple approaches to conflict transformation and peacebuilding result in a creative process that has the potential to achieve a more detailed view of peace on earth, containing breadth as well as depth. Library and bookstore shelves are filled with critiques of the negative impacts of religion in conflict scenarios. Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies offers an alternate view that suggests religious organizations play a more complex role in conflict than a simply negative one. Faith-based organizations, and their workers, are often found on the frontlines of conflict throughout the world, conducting conflict management and resolution activities as well as advancing peacebuilding initiatives.

Author : International Academy of Practical Theology. Meeting
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783643900869

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Religion, Diversity and Conflict by International Academy of Practical Theology. Meeting Pdf

While religion can be a source of healing, peace, and reconciliation, it can also be a trigger, if not an underlying cause, for conflict between peoples of varying beliefs. With that awareness, the International Academy of Practical Theology convened its 2007 meeting around the theme of "Religion, Diversity, and Conflict." From the multiple seminars, lectures, and studies presented at that meeting, a selection was chosen for this book. Representing contributions from four continents, and drawing upon perspectives from African traditional religions, Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, the book offers a rich introduction to the problems and promises of religion in dialogue with 21st-century diversity. Religion, Diversity and Conflict will serve as a veritable primer on the field of practical theology. (Series: International Practical Theology - Vol. 15)