Atone (eBook, ePUB)

Religion, Conflict, and Reconciliation
Redaktion: Lundy, Brandon D.; Hayes, Sherrill; Adebayo, Akanmu G.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The relationship between religion and conflict has generated considerable academic and political debate. Although the majority of religions and spiritual traditions are replete with wisdom that propagates a broader unity among human beings, these same examples have been used to legitimize hatred and fear. While some studies claim that religion facilitates peacebuilding, reconciliation, and healing, others argue that religion exacerbates hostility, instigates vengeance-seeking behaviors, and heightens conflict. But religion does not act by itself, human beings are responsible for acts of peace or conflict, of division or reconciliation, in the name of religion. This book addresses these rather complex issues from the perspective of reconciliation, or atonement, to advance both the frontiers of knowledge and the global search for alternative paths to peace. The contributions in the volume focus in three areas: (1) Reconciling Religious Conflicts, (2) Reconciling Conflict through Religion, and (3) Religious Reconciliations. In each of these sections scholars, practitioners, and religious leaders address specific examples that highlight the complex intersections of religious practices with global conflict and reconciliation efforts. This informative and provocative book is relevant for students and faculty in peace and conflict studies, religious studies, humanities, social sciences, and provides insights useful to practitioners and professionals working in peacebuilding and international development seeking to promote effective resolution and reconciliation efforts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781498560696
• Artikelnr.: 51204146

Autorenporträt

Brandon D. Lundy is associate professor of anthropology and associate director in the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University. Akanmu G. Adebayo is professor of history at Kennesaw State University. Sherrill W. Hayes is professor and associate director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding, and Development at Kennesaw State University.

Inhaltsangabe

Tables
Preface and Acknowledgments, by Brandon D. Lundy, Akanmu G. Adebayo, and
Sherrill W. Hayes
Introduction: Examining the Paradoxical Role of Religion in Conflict and
Reconciliation, by Brandon D. Lundy, Ziaul Haque, Akanmu G. Adebayo,
Sherrill W. Hayes, and Aaron Clarke
Part I: Reconciling Religious Conflicts
Chapter 1: Sources of the Radical Self: Extremism, Modernity, and Religion,
by Daniel Cere
Chapter 2: Education, Religion, and Religious Extremism, by Ratna Ghosh
Chapter 3: Revisiting Muslim Identity and Islamophobia in the Contemporary
World, by Dilmurat Mahmut
Chapter 4: The Limits of Law in Resolving Religious Conflicts: Perspectives
from Nigeria and Beyond, by Abiodun Odusote
Chapter 5: Transnational Insurgency and Counterinsurgency around the Lake
Chad Basin: Rethinking Boko Haram, by Olatunde O. Taiwo
Chapter 6: Land Use and Religious Movements: Entangled Spaces and Impending
Conflict along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria, by Monsuru O. Muritala
Part II: Reconciling Conflict through Religion
Chapter 7: Islamic Approach to Abrahamic Traditions, by Jusuf Salih
Chapter 8: How Mysticism Can Point the Way to Tolerance: Recognizing a
Common Ground of Non-conceptual Experience in Meister Eckhart and Zen, by
D. Clint Johnson
Chapter 9: Reconciliation: Examining the Charleston AME Tragedy Victims'
Forgiveness of Dylann Roof, by Chux Ibekwe
Chapter 10: Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission in Togo: A Useful
Tool for Regime Maintenance or for Healing the Wounds of the Past for
Peaceful Democratic Alternations? by Edoh Agbehonou
Chapter 11: Faith-Based Organizations and Refugee Women: A Case Study of
the Assistance Provided by Faith-Based and Other Organization to Liberian
Women Refugees in Ghana, by Joyce D. Acquah
Chapter 12: Religious Songs in Conflict Situation: An Interrogation of
Selected Yorùbá Coded Church Songs, by Dolapo Z. Olupayimo
Chapter 13: Halal in Context: A Reconciliation of Muslim Foodways and
Animal Welfare in Islam, by Sherrie D. Alexander
Chapter 14: Testing the Co-Religionist Hypothesis in Sri Lanka, by Joel
Elliott and Joseph G. Bock
Chapter 15: The Role of the Catholic Church in Managing Interstate
Conflict: An Examination of the Intervention of Pope Francis in Cuba-U.S.
Relations, by John B. Idamkue
Part III: Religious Reconciliations
Chapter 16: A Pope, a Patriarch, a Spiritual Revolution, by Johan Galtung
Chapter 17: Searching for Shalom, by Albert Slomovitz
Chapter 18: Framing Conflict and Reconciliation in the Context of Zen
Buddhism, by Michael J. Elliston
Chapter 19: Soka Nichiren Buddhism, by Julian Godwin
Chapter 20: Religious Resources for Reconciliation, by Tom Pynn