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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.
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.
Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam steps beyond the limitations
of the traditional scholarly framework used to evaluate the
politics of Islamic societies, and assembles a selection from the
best available English-language writings on a matter of central
importance in Islamic precepts: peace (salam) and conflict
resolution. The writings present diverse Muslim views on the nature
of peace and the processes of conflict resolution, giving
expression to a range of syntheses or 'paradigms' of Islamic
precept and practice, including power politics, world order,
nonviolence, and transformation of consciousness and character
(Sufism). Attention is given to both the diversity and the
underlying points of unity among Islamic perspectives on peace,
which accentuate, variously, an absence of war, a presence of
justice, and ecological harmony.
Peace and Conflict Resolution in Islam steps beyond the limitations
of the traditional scholarly framework used to evaluate the
politics of Islamic societies, and assembles a selection from the
best available English-language writings on a matter of central
importance in Islamic precepts: peace (salam) and conflict
resolution. The writings present diverse Muslim views on the nature
of peace and the processes of conflict resolution, giving
expression to a range of syntheses or "paradigms" of Islamic
precept and practice, including power politics, world order,
nonviolence, and transformation of consciousness and character
(Sufism). Attention is given to both the diversity and the
underlying points of unity among Islamic perspectives on peace,
which accentuate, variously, an absence of war, a presence of
justice, and ecological harmony.
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