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Can religion help societies achieve peace and stability? What actions can religious leaders take to facilitate conflict resolution? This book addresses these critical questions in terms of numerous contemporary conflicts within and between countries. In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, public attention to religion shifted away from its relationship to politics and toward its connection to violence in civil conflicts, wars, and terrorism. Religion's role in sowing discord became more prominent than its ability to unify. Only recently have discussions turned toward the positive impact of religion and spirituality in the public sphere and to the role of faith in resolving diplomatic, political, and social problems. The essays in this book contribute to this discourse by examining past, present, and future opportunities to promote peace through religion and spirituality. The contributors to this volume explore topics such as humanitarianism, philosophy, counterextremism, human rights, rituals, populism, foreign policy, and environmentalism. Some of the chapters approach these topics from a transnational perspective, while others focus on specific countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Contributors: Jonathan C. Agensky Slavica Jakelic Afra Jalabi Brandon Kendhammer Loren D. Lybarger Cecelia Lynch Peter Mandaville Jeremy Rinker Margaret M. Scull Amy Erica Smith

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Author:   Nukhet A. Sandal ,  Ingo Trauschweizer
Publisher:   Ohio University Press
Imprint:   Ohio University Press
ISBN:  

9780821424827

ISBN 10:   0821424823
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   30 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction. NUKHET A. SANDAL AND INGO TRAUSCHWEIZER Part I. Religion and Peace: Transnational Perspective 1. Peacebuilding, Humanitarianism, and the Place of Indigenous Religions (CECELIA LYNCH) 2. Religion, Governance, and Strategic Peace in Africa (JONATHAN C. AGENSKY) 3. Centering Interpretive and Devotional Networks as Sources of Positive Peace: South Asian Religious Traditions in Transnational Perspective (JEREMY A. RINKER) 4. The Resurrection of Socrates: The Miracle of Dialogue (AFRA JALABI) Part II. Islam and Peace: Snapshots, Challenges, and Possibilities 5. “Deliver Us from Evil”: Religion and the Problem of Political Violence and Peace (LOREN D. LYBARGER) 6. Religion, Security, and the United States’ “Countering Violent Extremism” Strategy in West Africa (BRANDON KENDHAMMER) 7. Peace Processes and Theologies of Resistance: The Case of the Democratic Islam Congress in Turkey (NUKHET A. SANDAL) Part III. Christianity and Peace: Snapshots, Challenges, and Possibilities 8. Protector of the Indians?: Christianity and the Indigenous People and Land of Latin America (AMY ERICA SMITH) 9. Paramilitary Funerals during the Northern Ireland “Troubles”: A Missed Opportunity for Peace? (MARGARET M. SCULL) 10. Secularized and Instrumentalized?: Identitarian Christianities and Populist Politics in a Postsecular Europe (SLAVICA JAKELIC) Concluding Thoughts: Peacebuilding and Religious Engagement in Diplomacy (PETER MANDAVILLE) Contributors Index

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Given the diverse international contexts covered in this volume, generalists as well as regional specialists will find this work important and compelling. Religion is increasingly seen as an important factor in peace studies, so scholars and students in this discipline will be interested. Those in religious studies will also find this a fascinating read and an important reference for their research. -- Timothy J. White, editor of Theories of International Relations and Northern Ireland

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Nukhet A. Sandal is an associate professor of political science at Ohio University. She is the author of Religious Leaders and Conflict Transformation: Northern Ireland and Beyond and the coauthor of Religion and International Relations Theory: Interactions and Possibilities. Ingo Trauschweizer is a professor of history and former director of the Contemporary History Institute at Ohio University, where he teaches courses on American and global military history, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War. His books include The Cold War U.S. Army: Building Deterrence for Limited War and Maxwell Taylor's Cold War: From Berlin to Vietnam.

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