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Bridge or barrier : religion, violence, and visions for peace / edited by Gerrie ter Haar and James J. Busuttil.

By: International Conference on Religion, Violence, and Visions for Peace (2001 : Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands)
Contributor(s): Haar, Gerrie ter | Busuttil, James J
Material type: TextTextSeries: International studies in religion and society: 1.Publisher: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2005Description: xi, 392 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9004139435; 9789004139435Subject(s): Peace -- Religious aspects -- Congresses | Violence -- Religious aspects -- CongressesDDC classification: 201/.7273 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-381) and index.
Contents:
Religion: source of conflict or resource for peace? / Gerrie ter Haar -- World religions, violence, and myths of peace in international relations / Marc Gopin -- Religious conflict in Asia: probing the causes, seeking solutions / Chandra Muzaffar -- From open violence to symbolic confrontation: anthropological observations of Latin America's souther cone / Daniel Míguez -- The promise of the kingdom and the reality of sin: Christian religion, conflict and visions for peace / Jan van Butselaar -- The Christian Church as a peacemaker in Africa: challenges and opportunities / Joseph Adero Ngala -- Bitter conflict: can Judaism bring hope? / Yehiel Grenimann -- Human rights and Islam: cohesions and conflicts--a study of Pakistan / Ali Salman -- West Papua peace zone: the role of the Church in West Papua and local initiatives in the struggle for human rights / Benny Giay -- The religious sector building peace: some examples from the Philippines / Maria Lorenza Palm-Dalupan -- Reflections on human security: a Buddhist contribution / Thanh-Dam Truong -- Documentary resources on religion, violence and peace.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-381) and index.

Religion: source of conflict or resource for peace? / Gerrie ter Haar -- World religions, violence, and myths of peace in international relations / Marc Gopin -- Religious conflict in Asia: probing the causes, seeking solutions / Chandra Muzaffar -- From open violence to symbolic confrontation: anthropological observations of Latin America's souther cone / Daniel Míguez -- The promise of the kingdom and the reality of sin: Christian religion, conflict and visions for peace / Jan van Butselaar -- The Christian Church as a peacemaker in Africa: challenges and opportunities / Joseph Adero Ngala -- Bitter conflict: can Judaism bring hope? / Yehiel Grenimann -- Human rights and Islam: cohesions and conflicts--a study of Pakistan / Ali Salman -- West Papua peace zone: the role of the Church in West Papua and local initiatives in the struggle for human rights / Benny Giay -- The religious sector building peace: some examples from the Philippines / Maria Lorenza Palm-Dalupan -- Reflections on human security: a Buddhist contribution / Thanh-Dam Truong -- Documentary resources on religion, violence and peace.

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