Peacemakers in action: profiles in religious peacebuilding : Volume II

Every day, men and women risk their lives to stop violence in religiously charged conflicts around the world. You may not know their names - but you should. Peacemakers in Action, Volume 2 provides a window into the triumphs, risks, failures, and lessons learned of eight remarkable, religiously moti...

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Corporate Author: Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding (Issuing body)
Contributors: Dubensky, Joyce S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New York Cambridge University Press 2016
In:Year: 2016
Further subjects:B Conflict Management Religious aspects
B Pacifists Biography
B Peace-building Religious aspects
B Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
B Peace-building ; Religious aspects
B Pacifists ; Biography
B Conflict management ; Religious aspects
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Print version: 9781107152960
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Summary:Every day, men and women risk their lives to stop violence in religiously charged conflicts around the world. You may not know their names - but you should. Peacemakers in Action, Volume 2 provides a window into the triumphs, risks, failures, and lessons learned of eight remarkable, religiously motivated peacemakers including:• A Methodist bishop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who confronts armed warlords on his front lawn• A Christian who travels to Syria to coordinate medical aid and rebuild postwar communities• A Muslim woman, not knowing how Kabul's imams will react, arrives to train them on how to treat women – respectfully.Volume 2 offers students of religious and grassroots peacebuilding informative techniques and methods for organizing community action, establishing trust in conflict, and instilling hope amid turmoil. The book also features updates of case studies presented in Volume 1
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Oct 2016)
ISBN:1316594092
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781316594094