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Faith-based diplomacy : trumping realpolitik / edited by Douglas Johnston.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion and international relations.
- Religion and politics.
- Ethnic conflict--Religious aspects.
- Ethnic conflict.
- War--Religious aspects.
- War.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- For most of the twentieth century, the most critical concerns of national security have been balance-of-power politics and the global arms race. The religious conflicts of this era and the motives behind them, however, demand a radical break with this tradition. If the United States is to prevail in its long-term contest with extremist Islam, it will need to re-examine old assumptions, expand the scope of its thinking to include religion and other ""irrational"" factors, and be willing to depart from past practice. A purely military response in reaction to such attacks will simply not suffice.
- Contents:
- Contents; Foreword; Contributors; Maps; I: Faith-Based Diplomacy; 1 Introduction: Realpolitik Expanded; 2 Faith-Based Diplomacy and Preventive Engagement; II: Applications; 3 Kashmir: Has Religion a Role in Making Peace?; 4 Religion and Conflict: The Case of Buddhism in Sri Lanka; 5 Judaism and Peacebuilding in the Context of Middle Eastern Conflict; Appendix: Peacemaking Qualities of Judaism as Revealed in Sacred Scripture; 6 Christianity in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo: From Ethnic Captive to Reconciling Agent
- 7 Conflict Resolution as a Normative Value in Islamic Law: Handling Disputes with Non-Muslims8 Conflict Resolution as a Normative Value in Islamic Law: Application to the Republic of Sudan; III: Closure; 9 Retrieving the Missing Dimension of Statecraft: Religious Faith in the Service of Peacebuilding; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- First issued as an Oxford University paperback, 2008.
- Originally published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988292-4
- 0-19-972195-5
- 1-281-34705-1
- OCLC:
- 476260334
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