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Due to growing negative perceptions about relations between
historically entrenched, dominant populations and various minority
groups, issues relating to the need to better manage cultural and
religious diversity have been intensifying in many countries. These
negative perceptions have recently led to a significant increase in
popular support for right and extreme right nationalist discourses,
and have created so much public tension that national governments
have had no choice but to respond. In the last two decades, in
several Western contexts in particular, the issues raised by such
combined challenges have culminated in the creation of
government-initiated or private national commissions. This book
presents the results of a multidisciplinary analysis, from a
broader framework that includes the national public commissions
which have addressed the challenges of managing cultural and
religious diversity in Belgium, Britain, Canada (Quebec), France,
Morocco and Norway (including also other cases of public management
in Australia and Singapore). It includes in-depth studies of the
issues and controversies examined by each of the commissions, such
as the ways they perceived the issues, their results and impact,
the key political players involved, the media debates and reception
surrounding each commission, the communication strategies and
difficulties their leaders encountered, as well as the legal
aspects each commission has raised. The reports represent a rich
body of work charting the fundamental questions nations face about
their nature, history and future while the impact on peoples' lives
tells us much about different approaches to the issues of cultural
identity between countries.
Due to growing negative perceptions about relations between
historically entrenched, dominant populations and various minority
groups, issues relating to the need to better manage cultural and
religious diversity have been intensifying in many countries. These
negative perceptions have recently led to a significant increase in
popular support for right and extreme right nationalist discourses,
and have created so much public tension that national governments
have had no choice but to respond. In the last two decades, in
several Western contexts in particular, the issues raised by such
combined challenges have culminated in the creation of
government-initiated or private national commissions. This book
presents the results of a multidisciplinary analysis, from a
broader framework that includes the national public commissions
which have addressed the challenges of managing cultural and
religious diversity in Belgium, Britain, Canada (Quebec), France,
Morocco and Norway (including also other cases of public management
in Australia and Singapore). It includes in-depth studies of the
issues and controversies examined by each of the commissions, such
as the ways they perceived the issues, their results and impact,
the key political players involved, the media debates and reception
surrounding each commission, the communication strategies and
difficulties their leaders encountered, as well as the legal
aspects each commission has raised. The reports represent a rich
body of work charting the fundamental questions nations face about
their nature, history and future while the impact on peoples' lives
tells us much about different approaches to the issues of cultural
identity between countries.
Throughout the last two decades, the modern dialogue movement has
gained worldwide significance. The knowledge about its origins is,
however, still very limited. This book presents a wide range of
insights from eleven case studies into the early history of several
important international interreligious/interfaith dialogue
organizations that have shaped the modern development of
interreligious dialogue from the late nineteenth century up to the
present. Based on new archival research, they describe, on the one
hand, how these actors put their ideals into practice and, on the
other, how they faced many challenges as pioneers in the
establishment of new interreligious/interfaith organizational
structures. This book concludes with a comparison of those case
studies, bringing to light new and broader historico-sociological
understanding of the beginnings of international and
multi-religious interreligious/interfaith dialogue organizations
over more than one century. The World's Parliament of Religions /
1893 The Religioeser Menschheitsbund / 1921 The World Congress of
Faiths / 1933-1950 The Committee on the Church and the Jewish
People of the World Council of Churches / 1961 The Temple of
Understanding / 1968 The International Association for Religious
Freedom / 1969 The World Conference on Religion and Peace / 1970
The Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions / 1989-1991
The Oxford International Interfaith Centre / 1993 The United
Religions Initiative / 2000 The Universal Peace Federation / 2005
Based on these analyses, the authors identify three distinct groups
with sometimes-conflicting interests that are shaping the movement:
individual religious virtuosi, countercultural activists, and
representatives of religious institutions. Published in cooperation
with the King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz International Centre for
Interreligious & Intercultural Dialogue, Vienna.
Even if all of the elements we know to be significant in the
process of reconciliation were present, reconciliation would not
necessarily take place. Reconciliation is a nonlinear,
nonalgorithmic process that involves "matters of the heart." From
emergent creativity and its links to mysticism, to the evolution of
emotions as drivers of thought, Awakening weaves cutting-edge
discoveries in complexity theory with philosophical reflections on
consciousness and language, drawing on Lonergan and Wittgenstein.
Awakening as a phenomenon takes on a vibrant vitality as an aspect
of transpersonal psychology and it manifests as imperatives to take
responsibility for our relationships, to address complex challenges
of justice, and to adopt a heart-based approach to peacebuilding.
Religion as a Conversation Starter is the first comprehensive
analysis of the present state of interreligious dialogue for
peacebuilding in Southeast Europe. It is based on empirically
grounded and policy-oriented research, carried out throughout the
Balkans. The study maps recent interreligious relations in this
part of the world, throwing light on both the achievements and
challenges of interreligious dialogue for peacebuilding in
particular, and offering a set of up-to-date policy
recommendations, whilst contributing to a greater understanding of
the local particularities and how they relate to broader trends
transnationally. Interreligious dialogue has been a central tool in
the continuous international efforts to promote peaceful living
together in multicultural and multireligious societies. This
fascinating monograph explores the place of interreligious dialogue
as a primary method in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, and
will be of interest to scholars of religious and peace studies, as
well as those who advocate and carry out organized interventions in
religion-related spheres.>
Even if all of the elements we know to be significant in the
process of reconciliation were present, reconciliation would not
necessarily take place. Reconciliation is a nonlinear,
nonalgorithmic process that involves “matters of the heart.”
From emergent creativity and its links to mysticism, to the
evolution of emotions as drivers of thought, Awakening weaves
cutting-edge discoveries in complexity theory with philosophical
reflections on consciousness and language, drawing on Lonergan and
Wittgenstein. Awakening as a phenomenon takes on a vibrant vitality
as an aspect of transpersonal psychology and it manifests as
imperatives to take responsibility for our relationships, to
address complex challenges of justice, and to adopt a heart-based
approach to peacebuilding.
Violence committed by religious young people has become a regular
feature of our daily news reports. What we hear less about are the
growing numbers of religious young people from all faith
backgrounds who are committed to interfaith understanding and
cooperation. Building the Interfaith Youth Movement is the first
book to describe this important phenomenon. Contributions include
concrete descriptions of various interfaith youth projects across
the country_from an arts-program in the South Bronx to a research
program at Harvard University to a national organization called the
Interfaith Youth Core based in Chicago_written by the founders and
leaders of those initiatives. Additional chapters articulate the
theory and methodology of this important new movement. This book is
a must-read for college chaplains, religious leaders who work with
youth, and students and scholars of contemporary religion.
Violence committed by religious young people has become a regular
feature of our daily news reports. What we hear less about are the
growing numbers of religious young people from all faith
backgrounds who are committed to interfaith understanding and
cooperation. Building the Interfaith Youth Movement is the first
book to describe this important phenomenon. Contributions include
concrete descriptions of various interfaith youth projects across
the country-from an arts-program in the South Bronx to a research
program at Harvard University to a national organization called the
Interfaith Youth Core based in Chicago-written by the founders and
leaders of those initiatives. Additional chapters articulate the
theory and methodology of this important new movement. This book is
a must-read for college chaplains, religious leaders who work with
youth, and students and scholars of contemporary religion.
Religion as a Conversation Starter is the first comprehensive
analysis of the present state of interreligious dialogue for
peacebuilding in Southeast Europe. It is based on empirically
grounded and policy-oriented research, carried out throughout the
Balkans. The study maps recent interreligious relations in this
part of the world, throwing light on both the achievements and
challenges of interreligious dialogue for peacebuilding in
particular, and offering a set of up-to-date policy
recommendations, whilst contributing to a greater understanding of
the local particularities and how they relate to broader trends
transnationally. Interreligious dialogue has been a central tool in
the continuous international efforts to promote peaceful living
together in multicultural and multireligious societies. This
fascinating monograph explores the place of interreligious dialogue
as a primary method in conflict resolution and peacebuilding, and
will be of interest to scholars of religious and peace studies, as
well as those who advocate and carry out organized interventions in
religion-related spheres.
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