Peace on earth : the role of religion in peace and conflict studies / edited by Thomas Matyók [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Matyók, Thomas, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Religious aspects.

Peace-building.

Conflict management--Religious aspects.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies provides a critical analysis of faith and religious institutions in peacebuilding practice and pedagogy. The work captures the synergistic relationships among faith traditions and how multiple approaches to conflict transformation and peacebuilding result in a creative process that has the potential to achieve a more detailed view of peace on earth, containing breadth as well as depth. Library and bookstore shelves are filled with critiques of the negative impacts of religion in conflict scenarios. Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies offers an alternate view that suggests religious organizations play a more complex role in conflict than a simply negative one. Faith-based organizations, and their workers, are often found on the frontlines of conflict throughout the world, conducting conflict management and resolution activities as well as advancing peacebuilding initiatives.

Contents:

part. I Peace and conflict studies in a contextualized place

part II. Religions and peace and conflict studies

part III. The way forward: four faith models.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4985-2590-3

0-7391-7629-3

OCLC:

866450145