Peacemakers in Action: Volume 2 -

Peacemakers in Action: Volume 2

Profiles in Religious Peacebuilding

Joyce S. Dubensky (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
400 Seiten
2016
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-15296-0 (ISBN)
72,30 inkl. MwSt
Volume 2 of Peacemakers in Action tells the stories of eight 'peacemakers' who use their religion as a positive force to stop violence in conflicts around the world. It offers students of religious and grassroots peacebuilding methods for organizing community action, establishing trust in conflict, and instilling hope amid turmoil.
Every day, men and women risk their lives to stop violence in religiously charged conflicts around the world. You may not know their names - but you should. Peacemakers in Action, Volume 2 provides a window into the triumphs, risks, failures, and lessons learned of eight remarkable, religiously motivated peacemakers including: • A Methodist bishop in the Democratic Republic of the Congo who confronts armed warlords on his front lawn • A Christian who travels to Syria to coordinate medical aid and rebuild postwar communities • A Muslim woman, not knowing how Kabul's imams will react, arrives to train them on how to treat women – respectfully. Volume 2 offers students of religious and grassroots peacebuilding informative techniques and methods for organizing community action, establishing trust in conflict, and instilling hope amid turmoil. The book also features updates of case studies presented in Volume 1.

Joyce S. Dubensky, Esq. is the CEO of Tanenbaum, a secular, nonsectarian nonprofit that systematically dismantles religious violence and hatred through peacemakers in armed conflicts and by tackling religious bullying of students, harassment in workplaces, and disparate health treatment for people based on their beliefs. Internationally in demand as a speaker, Dubensky has presented at the United Nations, the Interfaith Kosovo Second Annual Conference, the United States Institute of Peace, and Harvard University, among others.

List of maps; List of contributors; Foreword George Rupp; Acknowledgements; Part I. Introduction: 1. Peacemakers in action collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding; Part II. Case Studies: 2. The diplomat's daughter: persuing peace in Syria: Hind Kabawat Syria Marc Gopin and Thanos Gatsias; 3. War junkie for G-d: Andrew White Iraq Clayton Maring; 4. Sisters by choice: Osnat Aram-Daphna and Najeeba Sirhan Israel collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding; 5. Simple miracles: Ricado Esquivia Ballestas Colombia Clayton Maring and Kiersten Rooke; 6. Lighting a candle: Jamila Afghani Afghanistan Hyunjin Deborah Kwak and Sana Rais; 7. A Bishop for his people: Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda Demographic Republic of Congo Pamela D. Couture; 8. Pakistan's transformational trainer: Azhar Hussain Pakistan Kiersten Rooke; 9. Updates of case studies from Volume 1 collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding; Part III. Conclusion: 10. Understanding religious peacebuilding: resources for confronting violence and extremism Joyce S. Dubensky and Clayton Maring; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, black and white; 9 Maps
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 157 x 235 mm
Gewicht 1030 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie
Recht / Steuern EU / Internationales Recht
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 1-107-15296-8 / 1107152968
ISBN-13 978-1-107-15296-0 / 9781107152960
Zustand Neuware
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