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Author:   Gerrie ter Haar ,  James Busuttil
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9789004139435

ISBN 10:   9004139435
Pages:   392
Publication Date:   01 October 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PART ONE: RELIGION, CONFLICT AND PEACE 1. Religion: Source of Conflict or Resource for Peace? (Gerrie ter Haar) 2. World Religions, Violence, and Myths of Peace in International Relations (Marc Gopin) 3. Religious Conflict in Asia: Probing the Causes, Seeking Solutions (Chandra Muzaffar) 4. From Open Violence to Symbolic Confrontation: Anthropological Observations of Latin America's Southern Cone (Daniel Miguez) PART TWO: RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES ON CONFLICT AND PEACE 5. The Promise of the Kingdom and the Reality of Sin: Christian Religion, Conflict and Visions for Peace (Jan van Butselaar) 6. The Christian Church as a Peacemaker in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities (Joseph Ngala) 7. Bitter Conflict: Can Judaism Bring Hope? (Yehiel Grenimann) 8. Human Rights and Islam: Cohesions and Conflicts - A Study of Pakistan (Ali Salman) PART THREE: VISIONS FOR PEACE 9. West Papua Peace Zone: The Role of the Church in West Papua and Local Initiatives in the Struggle for Human Rights (Benny Giay) 10. The Religious Sector Building Peace: Some Examples from the Philippines (Maria Lorenza Palm-Dalupan) 11. Reflections on Human Security: A Buddhist Contribution (Thanh-Dam Truong) PART FOUR: DOCUMENTARY RESOURCES ON RELIGION VIOLENCE AND VISIONS FOR PEACE 1. Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2. The Precepts of the Order of Interbeing 3. Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights 4. The Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam 5. The Bangkok Declaration 6. Toward a Declaration of a Global Ethic 7. A Universal Declaration of a Global Ethic 8. Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the World's Religions 9. United Religions Initiative Charter 10. World Council of Churches Statement on Religion and Violence 11. Rabbis for Human Rights Principles of Faith Bibliography Index

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Gerrie ter Haar Ph.D. (Utrecht), is Professor of Religion, Human Rights and Social Change at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague. She is the author of several books. Her latest work is Worlds of Power: Religious Thought and Political Practice in Africa (2004). She co-edited The Freedom to Do God's Will:Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change(Routledge 2003). James Busuttil, D.Phil. (Oxford), J.D. (N.Y.U. School of Law), was Associate Professor of International Law and Organization at the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague. He is now Directorn of the University of London's external Master of Laws Programme. He co-edited The Freedom to Do God's Will: Religious Fundamentalism and Social Change (Routledge, 2003).

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