Concluding thoughts: Peacebuilding and religious engagement in diplomacy / Peter Mandaville. Religion, governance, and strategic peace in Africa / Jonathan C. Agensky -- Centering interpretive and devotional networks as sources of positive peace: South Asian religious traditions in transnational perspective / Jeremy A. Rinker -- The resurrection of Socrates: the miracle of dialogue / Afra Jalabi -- "Deliver us from evil": religion and the problem of political violence and peace / Loren D. Lybarger -- Religion, security, and the United States' "countering violent extremism" strategy in West Africa / Brandon Kendhammer -- Peace processes and theologies of resistance: the case of the Democratic Islam Congress in Turkey / Nukhet A. Sandal -- Protector of the Indians?: Christianity and the Indigenous people and land of Latin America / Amy Erica Smith -- Paramilitary funerals during the Northern Ireland "Troubles": a missed opportunity for peace? / Margaret M. Scull -- Secularized and instrumentalized?: identitarian Christianities and populist politics in a postsecular Europe / Slavica Jakelić -- Concluding thoughts: Peacebuilding and religious engagement in diplomacy / Peter Mandaville.
Summary:
"If religion can foment conflict, it can also cultivate peace. This perspective underpins the essays in this book, which explore the past, present, and future roles of religion and spirituality in transforming political and social conflicts between and within nations" -- Provided by publisher. Can religion help societies achieve peace and stability? What actions can religious leaders take to facilitate conflict resolution? This book addresses these critical questions in terms of numerous contemporary conflicts within and between countries. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, public attention to religion shifted away from its relationship to politics and toward its connection to violence in civil conflicts, wars, and terrorism. Religion's role in sowing discord became more prominent than its ability to unify. Only recently have discussions turned toward the positive impact of religion and spirituality in the public sphere and to the role of faith in resolving diplomatic, political, and social problems. The essays in this book contribute to this discourse by examining past, present, and future opportunities to promote peace through religion and spirituality. The contributors to this volume explore topics such as humanitarianism, philosophy, counterextremism, human rights, rituals, populism, foreign policy, and environmentalism. Some of the chapters approach these topics from a transnational perspective, while others focus on specific countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. -- Provided by publisher.
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