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Peace on earth : the role of religion in peace and conflict studies / edited by Thomas Matyók, Maureen Flaherty, Hamdesa Tuso, Jessica Senehi, and Sean Byrne.

Contributor(s): Matyók, Thomas, 1953- [editor.] | Flaherty, Maureen P, 1952- [editor.] | Tuso, Hamdesa [editor.] | Senehi, Jessica, 1959- [editor.] | Byrne, Sean, 1962- [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: ix, 443 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781498525909; 1498525903Subject(s): Peace-building -- Religious aspects | Conflict management -- Religious aspectsDDC classification: 201/.7273 LOC classification: BL65.P4 | P4316 2014Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Can people of faith, and people in peace and conflict studies, work together? / Thomas Matyók and Maureen Flaherty -- Religion, peace and violence: tensions and promises / David Creamer and Christopher Hrynkow -- Ahimsa: a world without violence? / Klaus Klostermaier -- Blessing-based love (Agapē) as a heuristic key to understanding effective reconciliation practices: a reading of I Corinthians 13 in a peacebuilding context / Vern Neufeld Redekop -- Catholic peacemaking: a history and analysis with special emphasis on the work of the community of Sant 'Egidio / John F. Perry -- Evangelical women and transformative peacebuilding / Kristen Lundquist, Hien Vu and Chris Seiple -- Judaism and the path to peace / Michael Lerner -- Islam and peace and conflict studies / Nathan C. Funk -- The role of indigenous African religion in peacemaking / Hamdesa Tuso -- Aboriginal peoples in Canada and the role of religion in conflict: the ever elusive peace / Paul Nicolas Cormier -- Mennonite international peacebuilding and local ownership / Chuck Thiessen -- Let us see what love can do: Quaker contributions to peacebuilding / Vernie Davis -- Haïtian vodou: peace begins within / Margaret Mitchell Armand -- Eastern Orthodox Christianity: provocations and challenges for a just peace in an era of conflict and global transitions / Harry Anastasiou -- Ancient news from Buddha's research lab: the role of Buddhism in peace and conflict studies / Katharina Bitzker -- Hinduism: war, peace, and peace and conflict studies / S.I. Keethaponcalan -- Daoist harmony as a Chinese worldview / Yueh-Ting Lee, Honggang Yang, and Min Wang -- Humanity's coming of age: a Bahá'í view of the process toward world peace / Charles Egerton -- Religious leader engagement: military chaplains engaging indigenous religious leaders and their communities in operations (voices from the international chaplain community) / Padre S.K. Moore -- Striving for justice and peace on earth, Catholic peace initiatives / Ismael Muvingi -- Peace building principles and values in Islam: beyond the basic framework / Mohammed Abu-Nimer -- Peace on earth: the Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective / Lois Edmund -- Neve shalom/wahat al-Salam: the "oasis of peace" / Deanna Armbruster -- Conclusions: peace on earth revisited / Hamdesa Tuso, Jessica Senehi, Sean Byrne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Can people of faith, and people in peace and conflict studies, work together? / Thomas Matyók and Maureen Flaherty -- Religion, peace and violence: tensions and promises / David Creamer and Christopher Hrynkow -- Ahimsa: a world without violence? / Klaus Klostermaier -- Blessing-based love (Agapē) as a heuristic key to understanding effective reconciliation practices: a reading of I Corinthians 13 in a peacebuilding context / Vern Neufeld Redekop -- Catholic peacemaking: a history and analysis with special emphasis on the work of the community of Sant 'Egidio / John F. Perry -- Evangelical women and transformative peacebuilding / Kristen Lundquist, Hien Vu and Chris Seiple -- Judaism and the path to peace / Michael Lerner -- Islam and peace and conflict studies / Nathan C. Funk -- The role of indigenous African religion in peacemaking / Hamdesa Tuso -- Aboriginal peoples in Canada and the role of religion in conflict: the ever elusive peace / Paul Nicolas Cormier -- Mennonite international peacebuilding and local ownership / Chuck Thiessen -- Let us see what love can do: Quaker contributions to peacebuilding / Vernie Davis -- Haïtian vodou: peace begins within / Margaret Mitchell Armand -- Eastern Orthodox Christianity: provocations and challenges for a just peace in an era of conflict and global transitions / Harry Anastasiou -- Ancient news from Buddha's research lab: the role of Buddhism in peace and conflict studies / Katharina Bitzker -- Hinduism: war, peace, and peace and conflict studies / S.I. Keethaponcalan -- Daoist harmony as a Chinese worldview / Yueh-Ting Lee, Honggang Yang, and Min Wang -- Humanity's coming of age: a Bahá'í view of the process toward world peace / Charles Egerton -- Religious leader engagement: military chaplains engaging indigenous religious leaders and their communities in operations (voices from the international chaplain community) / Padre S.K. Moore -- Striving for justice and peace on earth, Catholic peace initiatives / Ismael Muvingi -- Peace building principles and values in Islam: beyond the basic framework / Mohammed Abu-Nimer -- Peace on earth: the Anabaptist-Mennonite perspective / Lois Edmund -- Neve shalom/wahat al-Salam: the "oasis of peace" / Deanna Armbruster -- Conclusions: peace on earth revisited / Hamdesa Tuso, Jessica Senehi, Sean Byrne.

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