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The contributors of this volume investigate not only human beings’ potentialities for violence and terrorism, but also for counter-terrorism and peace. They share with the reader their understandings, knowledge, and experiences of peace and nonviolence experiments set within different religious/cultural traditions, and the possibility of building peace communities around the world
Publisher: Gorgias Press LLC
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SKU (ISBN): 978-1-4632-0164-7
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Publication Status: In Print
Publication Date: Feb 1,2012
Interior Color: Black
Trim Size: 6 x 9
Page Count: 378
Languages: English
ISBN: 978-1-4632-0164-7
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Violence and war cannot be identified with any particular group, race, religion or ethnicity; neither is terrorism a modern phenomenon. Different strands of violence spread globally like epidemics, and some social theorists argue that religion foments violence. The contributors of this volume investigate not only human beings’ potentialities for violence and terrorism, but also for counter-terrorism and peace. They share with the reader their understandings, knowledge, and experiences of peace and nonviolence experiments set within different religious/cultural traditions, and the possibility of building peace communities around the world.

Violence and war cannot be identified with any particular group, race, religion or ethnicity; neither is terrorism a modern phenomenon. Different strands of violence spread globally like epidemics, and some social theorists argue that religion foments violence. The contributors of this volume investigate not only human beings’ potentialities for violence and terrorism, but also for counter-terrorism and peace. They share with the reader their understandings, knowledge, and experiences of peace and nonviolence experiments set within different religious/cultural traditions, and the possibility of building peace communities around the world.

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KarikottuchiraKuriakose

  • Table of Contents (page 5)
  • Preface (page 7)
  • Contibutors (page 11)
  • Chapter 1 Jain Perspectives on Violence and Nonviolence, by Christi Wiley (page 21)
  • CHAPTER 2 ISLAM, GENDER, AND PEACE ZAYN KASSAM (page 53)
  • CHAPTER 3 NONVIOLENCE AND VIOLENCEIN BUDDHISMNOEL SHETH, S.J. (page 73)
  • CHAPTER 4 CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEACE:THE ETHICAL PARADIGMIN JESUS TEACHING AND LIFEKARIKKOTTUCHIRA K. KURIAKOSE (page 113)
  • CHAPTER 5 SEARCHINGFOR A NEW LANGUAGE OF PEACEFOR THE WORLD TODAYEVANGLEIONE RAJKUMAR (page 135)
  • CHAPTER 6 THE ROLE OF RELIGION IN FOSTERING GLOBAL PEACE AND OPPOSING TERRORISM MAAKE MASANGO (page 157)
  • CHAPTER 7 THOMAS MERTON: PEACEMAKERRON DART (page 171)
  • CHAPTER 8 RECENT INTER RELIGIOUSDIALOGUE AND PEACE INITIATIVESIN INDIA ESPECIALLYAFTER MASJID„MANDIR ISSUEBIJESH PHILIP (page 187)
  • CHAPTER 9 AN UNFAMILIAR PEACEDERRICK MCQUEEN (page 213)
  • CHAPTER 10 SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND THE ROLEOF THE AFRICAN AMERICANSCHARLES BLAKE (page 227)
  • CHAPTER 11 EMBODIED PEACEMAKING:LIVING SHALOM CLOSE TO HOMEPAUL KEIM (page 245)
  • CHAPTER 12 JANUS, TERRORISMAND PEACEMAKINGRON DART (page 261)
  • CHAPTER 13 PEACE BE WITH YOUR BODYAND SPIRIT: A KOREAN CHRISTIANFEMINIST REFLECTIONON PEACEMAKINGK. CHRISTINE PAE (page 275)
  • CHAPTER 14 LANGUAGE, RACE AND ETHNICITY:CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN SRI LANKANIMALKA FERNANDO (page 291)
  • CHAPTER 15 BLOOD AND BENEVOLENCE:VIOLENCE AND NONVIOLENCEIN BUDDHIST AND CHRISTIANMYSTICISMKYEONGIL JUNG (page 307)
  • CHAPTER 16 PEACE CONCEPTS IN ICONOGRAPHY.CAN ORTHODOX ICONS TEACHA PEACE-THEOLOGY?„AN ICONOLOGICAL INTERPRETATIONPROF. RICHARD SCHNEIDER,ST. VLADIMIRS SEMINARY (page 339)