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Baker Series in Peace and Conflict Studies
Description
Can religion help societies achieve peace and stability? What actions can religious leaders take to facilitate conflict resolution? This book addresses these critical questions in terms of numerous contemporary conflicts within and between countries.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, public attention to religion shifted away from its relationship to politics and toward its connection to violence in civil conflicts, wars, and terrorism. Religion’s role in sowing discord became more prominent than its ability to unify. Only recently have discussions turned toward the positive impact of religion and spirituality in the public sphere and to the role of faith in resolving diplomatic, political, and social problems. The essays in this book contribute to this discourse by examining past, present, and future opportunities to promote peace through religion and spirituality.
The contributors to this volume explore topics such as humanitarianism, philosophy, counterextremism, human rights, rituals, populism, foreign policy, and environmentalism. Some of the chapters approach these topics from a transnational perspective, while others focus on specific countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Contributors:
Jonathan C. Agensky
Slavica Jakelić
Afra Jalabi
Brandon Kendhammer
Loren D. Lybarger
Cecelia Lynch
Peter Mandaville
Jeremy Rinker
Margaret M. Scull
Amy Erica Smith
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Religion and Peace © 2022 by Ohio University Press is licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Language
eng
ISBN
9780821447765
Publication Date
8-30-2022
Publisher
Ohio University Press
City
Athens
Keywords
Politics, Diplomacy, Conflict Resolution, Ingo Trauschweizer, Nukhet Sandal
Disciplines
Peace and Conflict Studies | Political Science | Religion | Sociology of Religion
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Sandal, Nukhet A. and Trauschweizer, Ingo, "Religion and Peace : Global Perspectives and Possibilities" (2022). Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 56.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/56
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