| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 712 pages) |
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Oxford handbooks |
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Oxford handbooks.
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| Contents |
Religious peacebuilding: the exotic, the good, and the theatrical / Atalia Omer -- Religious violence: the strong, the weak, and the pathological / R. Scott Appleby -- Religion, peace, and the origins of nationalism / David Little -- Religion, nationalism, and the politics of secularism / Scott Hibbard -- Secular-religious encounters as peacebuilding / Slavica Jakelić -- Structural and cultural violence in religion and peacebuilding / Jason A. Springs -- The new name for peace? Religion and development as partners in strategic peacebuilding / R. Scott Appleby -- Violent and nonviolent religious militancy / Patrick Q. Mason -- Religious violence and state violence / A. Rashied Omar -- The comparative study of ethics and the project of the justpeace / John Kelsay -- The place of religious freedom in the structure of peacebuilding / W. Cole Durham Jr. and Elizabeth A. Clark -- Women, religion, and peacebuilding / Susan Hayward -- Reconciliation, politics, and transitional justice / Daniel Philpott -- Negotiating secular and religious contributions to social change and peacebuilding / Marc Gopin -- Secular militancy as an obstacle to peacebuilding / Timothy Samuel Shah -- Religion and peace in Asia / Tam Ngo, Dan Smyer Yu, and Peter van der Veer -- Peacebuilding in the Muslim world / S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana -- Youth and interfaith conflict transformation / Eboo Patel and Cassie Meyer -- The possibilities and limits of inter-religious dialogue / Peter Ochs -- Ritual, religion, and peacebuilding / Lisa Schirch -- Spirituality and religious peacebuilding / John Paul Lederach -- The intersection of Christian theology and peacebuilding / Heather M. DuBois and Janna Hunter-Bowman -- Religious communities and possibilities for justpeace / Cecelia Lynch -- Religion, nationalism, and solidarity activism / Atalia Omer -- Religion, conflict, and peacebuilding: synthetic remarks / Atalia Omer |
| Summary |
This volume provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary account of the scholarship on religion, conflict, and peacebuilding. Looking far beyond the traditional parameters of the field, the contributors engage deeply with the legacies of colonialism, missionary activism, secularism, orientalism, and liberalism as they relate to the discussion of religion, violence, and nonviolent transformation and resistance. Featuring numerous case studies from various contexts and traditions, the volume is organized thematically into five different parts. It begins with an up-to-date mapping of scholarshi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed January 7, 2015) |
| Subject |
Peace -- Religious aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Peace-building -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Religion and politics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Conflict management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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War -- Religious aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Violence -- Religious aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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RELIGION -- Religion, Politics & State.
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- General.
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Conflict management
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Peace-building
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Peace -- Religious aspects
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Religion and politics
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Violence -- Religious aspects
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War -- Religious aspects
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Omer, Atalia, editor.
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Appleby, R. Scott, 1956- editor.
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Little, David, 1933- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780190217945 |
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0190217944 |
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0199984581 |
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9780199984589 |
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0190266759 |
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9780190266752 |
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