Terrorism, Religion, and Global Peace: From Concepts to Praxis /

Terrorism, Religion, and Global Peace: From Concepts to Praxis / / 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/cult...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (378 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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