Bridge or barrier: religion, violence, and visions for peace
Religion, Conflict and Peace --Religion: Source of Conflict or Resource for Peace? /Gerrie ter Haar --World Religions, Violence, and Myths of Peace in International Relations /Marc Gopin --Religious Conflict in Asia: Probing the Causes, Seeking Solutions /Chandra Muzaffar --From Open Violence to Sym...
| Summary: | Religion, Conflict and Peace --Religion: Source of Conflict or Resource for Peace? /Gerrie ter Haar --World Religions, Violence, and Myths of Peace in International Relations /Marc Gopin --Religious Conflict in Asia: Probing the Causes, Seeking Solutions /Chandra Muzaffar --From Open Violence to Symbolic Confrontation: Anthropological Observations of Latin America's Southern Cone /Daniel Miguez --Religious Perspectives on Conflict and Peace --The Promise of the Kingdom and the Reality of Sin: Christian Religion, Conflict and Visions for Peace /Jan van Butselaar --The Christian Church as a Peacemaker in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities /Joseph Adero Ngala --Bitter Conflict: Can Judaism Bring Hope? /Yehiel Grenimann --Human Rights and Islam: Cohesions and Conflicts -- A Study of Pakistan /Ali Salman --Visions for Peace --West Papua Peace Zone: The Role of the Church in West Papua and Local Initiatives in the Struggle for Human Rights /Benny Giay --The Religious Sector Building Peace: Some Examples from the Philippines /Maria Lorenza Palm-Dalupan --Reflections on Human Security: A Buddhist Contribution /Thanh-Dam Truong --Documentary Resources on Religion, Violence and Peace --Universal Declaration of Human Rights --The Precepts of the Order of Interbeing --Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights --The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam --The Bangkok Declaration --Toward a Declaration of a Global Ethic --A Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic. The book discusses the transformative role of religion in situations of violent conflict. It considers both the constructive and destructive sides of religious belief and particularly explores ways in which religion(s) may contribute to transforming conflict into peace |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-381) and index. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 9004139435 |