Making peace with faith: the challenges of religion and peacebuilding
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 suc...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland
Rowman and Littlefield
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Peace and security in the 21st century series
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Faith
/ Religion
/ Peace efforts
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| Further subjects: | B
Peace-building
Religious aspects
B Religion Philosophy B Peace B Peace Religious aspects B Bibliography B Peace-building |
| Summary: | 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 Engaging one's own faith -- Articulating a personal theology of interfaith cooperation / Eboo Patel -- How being a Jesus-centered peacemaker guides, inspires and sustains my peacemaking efforts with Muslims / Rick Love -- Journey of redemption : the role of an apology in reconciliation / Sushobha Barve -- Listening our way to peace / Yael Petretti -- Faith-based peacebuilding in Pakistan : not for the faint of heart / Azhar Hussain -- It is not easy to follow Christ : the road to peace is a rocky one / Maria Ida Deng-Giguiento with Myla Leguro -- Deconstructing and reconstructing secular approaches to religion in multilateral settings / Azza Karam -- Tightrope-walking : reconciling faith convictions with impartial peacebuilding / Peter Dixon -- Peacebuilding as "countering violent extremism" / Dishani Jayaweera with Nirosha De Silva -- Transforming Trauma: wounded healing in the way of Jesus / Johonna Turner -- Peace from the soul of the nurturer : the gender question / Despina Namwembe -- Reducing violence through better theology / Qutub Jahan Kidwai |
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| ISBN: | 1538102633 |