Peacemakers in Action: Profiles in Religious Peacebuilding, Volume II
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- Synopsis
- Every day, men and women risk their lives to stop violence in religiously charged conflicts around the world. You may not know their names - but you should. Peacemakers in Action, Volume 2 provides a window into the triumphs, risks, failures, and lessons learned of eight remarkable, religiously motivated peacemakers including: • A Methodist bishop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who confronts armed warlords on his front lawn • A Christian who travels to Syria to coordinate medical aid and rebuild postwar communities • A Muslim woman, not knowing how Kabul's imams will react, arrives to train them on how to treat women – respectfully. Volume 2 offers students of religious and grassroots peacebuilding informative techniques and methods for organizing community action, establishing trust in conflict, and instilling hope amid turmoil. The book also features updates of case studies presented in Volume 1. Offers updates to the first volume, showing where peacemakers are now and the power of the Peacemaker Network. The book shows the positive side of religious actors and how they work within their communities and in diplomacy to achieve sustainable and lasting peace. Offers glimpses into the growing scholarly field and future of religious peacebuilding and an analysis of techniques used by the featured peacemakers. Track II diplomacy is increasingly important as local communities in a conflict zone have higher trust in religious leaders because of the religiously motivated individual's ability to instill community trust and access.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781316789575
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 12/05/17
- Copyrighted By:
- The Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Religion and Spirituality, Politics and Government
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.