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Although religion is almost never a root cause, it often gets
pulled into conflict as a powerful element, especially where
conflicting parties have different religious identities. Every
faith tradition offers resources for peace, and secular policy
makers are more and more acknowledging the influence of faith-based
actors, even though there remains a tendency to associate religion
more with conflict than peace. 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. Their roles are
diverse, as some work for faith-based institutions, while others
engage in secular contexts. The multiple perspectives featured
represent multiple faiths (Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist,
Jewish), diverse scopes of practice, different geographic regions.
Each chapter follows a similar template to address specific
challenges, such as dealing with extremist views, addressing
negative stereotypes about one's faith, endorsing violence,
developing relations with other faith-based or secular groups,
confronting gender-based violence, and working with people who hold
different beliefs. 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.
They provide a comprehensive view of the practice of peacebuilding
in its many challenging aspects, for both professionals and those
studying religion and peacebuilding alike.
Although religion is almost never a root cause, it often gets
pulled into conflict as a powerful element, especially where
conflicting parties have different religious identities. Every
faith tradition offers resources for peace, and secular policy
makers are more and more acknowledging the influence of faith-based
actors, even though there remains a tendency to associate religion
more with conflict than peace. 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. Their roles are
diverse, as some work for faith-based institutions, while others
engage in secular contexts. The multiple perspectives featured
represent multiple faiths (Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist,
Jewish), diverse scopes of practice, different geographic regions.
Each chapter follows a similar template to address specific
challenges, such as dealing with extremist views, addressing
negative stereotypes about one's faith, endorsing violence,
developing relations with other faith-based or secular groups,
confronting gender-based violence, and working with people who hold
different beliefs. 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.
They provide a comprehensive view of the practice of peacebuilding
in its many challenging aspects, for both professionals and those
studying religion and peacebuilding alike.
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