On the Significance of Religion in Conflict and Conflict Resolution

• Main Authors: Schliesser, Christine, Kadayifci-Orellana, S. Ayse, Kollontai, Pauline
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2021; Taylor and Francis; Multiple Funders; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Religion Matters
• Subjects: Christian Churches; Conflict management; Conflict management > Religious aspects; Conflict Resolution; Conflict Resolution Theory; Disengaged; Faith Based Organizations; Follow; Holds; Interdisciplinary studies; Islamic Framework; Muslim World; Negev Bedouin; Peace; Peace > Religious aspects; Peace studies and conflict resolution; peacebuilding; Philosophy and Religion; policy; Politics and government; Post-genocide Rwanda; Pre-genocide Rwanda; QRAM2 Religion and politics; Quranic Verses; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Religion; Religion & Politics; Religion & Violence; Religion and beliefs; religion and conflict; religion and politics; religion and violence; Religion, Politics & State; Religion: general; Religious Conflict Resolution; religious ethics; Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict; Religious issues and debates; Religious Peacebuilding; Religious Peacemaking; Religious Secular Divide; religious studies; Rwandan; Society and Social Sciences; South African Reconciliation Barometer; Tutu; Warfare and defence; Christian Churches; Tutu; Religious Conflict Resolution; Follow; Pre-genocide Rwanda; SDG; Ovadia Yosef; UN; South African Reconciliation Barometer; Post-genocide Rwanda; Quranic Verses; Muslim World; Holds; Religious Peacebuilding; Deobandi Madrasas; Religious Secular Divide; Faith Based Organizations; Rwandan; Conflict Resolution Theory; Religious Peacemaking; Disengaged; Counter Extremist Violence; Islamic Framework; Negev Bedouin; Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
• ISBN: 9780367433925; 9780367459611; 0367433923; 0367459612; 9781000167450; 1000167534; 1003002889; 1000167453; 9781000167535; 1000167372; 9781000167375; 9781003002888
• DOI: 10.4324/9781003002888

In this ground-breaking volume, the authors analyze the role of religion in conflict and conflict resolution. They do so from the perspectives of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, while bringing different disciplines into play, including peace and conflict studies, religious studies, theology, and ethics. With much of current academic, political, and public attention focusing on the conflictive dimensions of religion, this book also explores the constructive resources of religion for conflict resolution and reconciliation. Analyzing the specific contributions of religious actors in this field, their potentials and possible problems connected with them, this book sheds light on the concrete contours of the oftentimes vague “religious factor” in processes of social change. Case studies in current and former settings of violent conflict such as Israel, post-genocide Rwanda, and Pakistan provide “real-life” contexts for discussion. Combining cutting-edge research with case studies and concrete implications for academics, policy makers, and practitioners, this concise and easily accessible volume helps to build bridges between these oftentimes separated spheres of engagement. The Open Access version of this book, available at: http://doi.org/10.4324/9781003002888, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.