Terrorism, Religion, and Global Peace: From Concepts to Praxis / / ed. by Karikottuchira Kuriakose.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Blake, Charles,; Dart, Ron,; Jung, Kyeongil,; Kassam, Zayn,; Keim, Paul,; Kuriakose, Karikkottuchira K.,; Masango, Maake,; McQueen, Derrick,; Nimalka, Fernando,; Pae, K. Christine,; Philip, Bijesh,; Rajkumar, Evangleione,; Schneider, Richard,; Sheth, S. J. Noel,; Wiley, Christi,
• HerausgeberIn: Kuriakose, Karikottuchira,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Précis Portfolios
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; Preface --; Contributors --; Chapter 1. Jain Perspectives on Violence and Nonviolence --; Chapter 2. Islam, Gender, and Peace --; Chapter 3. Nonviolence and Violence in Buddhism --; Chapter 4. Conflict Resolution and Peace: The Ethical Paradigm in Jesus’ Teaching and Life --; Chapter 5. Searching for a New Language of Peace for the World Today --; Chapter 6. The Role of Religion in Fostering Global Peace and Opposing Terrorism --; Chapter 7. Thomas Merton: Peacemaker --; Chapter 8. Recent Inter Religious Dialogue and Peace Initiatives in India Especially after Masjid—Mandir Issue --; Chapter 9. An Unfamiliar Peace --; Chapter 10. Social Activism and the Role of the African Americans --; Chapter 11. Embodied Peacemaking: Living Shalom Close to Home --; Chapter 12. Janus, Terrorism and Peacemaking --; Chapter 13. Peace Be with Your Body and Spirit: A Korean Christian Feminist Reflection on Peacemaking --; Chapter 14. Language, Race and Ethnicity: Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka --; Chapter 15. Blood and Benevolence: Violence and Nonviolence in Buddhist and Christian Mysticism --; Chapter 16. Peace Concepts in Iconography. Can Orthodox Icons Teach a Peace-theology?— an Iconological Interpretation
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463233730; 9783111024141; 9783110663037
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463233730
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Karikottuchira Kuriakose.

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