Search Results - Peace Religious aspects

Religion As a Conversation Starter: Interreligious Dialogue for Peacebuilding in the Balkans by Merdjanova, Ina, Brodeur, Patrice

“…Religion as a Conversation Starter is the first comprehensive analysis of the present state of interreligious dialogue for peacebuilding in Southeast Europe…”
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Peace and Reconciliation: In Search of Shared Identity by Kollontai, Pauline, Kim, Sebastian C. H

“… This book discusses issues and theories of identity formation that can be implemented for peace and reconciliation from the perspectives of theology and religious studies, whilst interacting…”
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War: A Primer for Christians by Allen, Joseph L

“…  In an updated preface and new afterword, Allen explores aspects of current international relations that have a special bearing on the context of war. Joseph Allen's War…”
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Crusading Peace: Christendom, the Muslim World, and Western Political Order by Mastnak, Tomaz

“…Tomaz Mastnak's provocative analysis of the roots of peacemaking in the Western world elucidates struggles for peace that took place in the high and late Middle Ages…”
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Bridge or Barrier: Religion, Violence and Visions for Peace by ter Haar, Gerrie, Busuttil, James

“… Attention also focuses on questions of peace from the perspective of the religious traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam…”
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Swords into Plowshares as a Peace Challenge: Peace Discourse in Isaiah 2 and the Tonghak Peasant Rebellion by Park, Hye Kyung

“…This article challenges our usual concept of peace as the absence of war by examining its meaning in two religions…”
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Peace in the name of Allah: Egypt's quest to attain Islamic legitimacy for its treaty with Israel by Winter, Ofir

“… The appeal to Islamic justifications facilitated the regime's efforts to describe its innovative peace policy as a natural link in the chain of traditional religious sequences and enclosed it within…”
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Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education by Brantmeier, Edward J., Ed, Lin, Jing, Ed, Miller, John P., Ed

“…"Spirituality, Religion, and Peace Education" attempts to deeply explore the universal and particular dimensions of education for inner and communal peace…”
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Avoidance as Inter-Religious Competence? Samaritans and Their Religious “Others” in Nablus, Palestine by Droeber, Julia

“…In this paper, I take issue with the theory and practice of inter-religious competence, based on a case-study of the Samaritans of Nablus…”
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An Analysis of the Concept of ‘Peacemaking through Blood’ in Colossians 1:20b: The Graeco-Roman and Jewish Background by Araújo, Diego dy Carlos

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Peace Catalysts: Resolving Conflict in Our Families, Organizations and Communities by Love, Rick

“…Conflict is a painful reminder of our fallen world. But God's intention is for all to live in peace with one another…”
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Rabbi 'Ovadia Yosef, the Shas Party, and the Arab-Israeli Peace Process by Leon, Nissim

“…One of the prominent religious parties in Israel, intimately involved in political decision-making, has been the Shas party, led by the late Rabbi 'Ovadia Yosef…”
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The Question of the Legitimacy of the Hashemite Regime in Jordan: the Islamic Radical Organizations, the Western Territories and Israel by Yitzhak, Ronen

“… The Muslim Brotherhood originally recognized the legitimacy of the Hashemite regime, but changed that position in response to Jordan's 1994 peace treaty with Israel. al…”
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Guizot's Absence of a Plan for Jerusalem by Caquet, P.E.

“… European religious impulses with regard to Palestine…”
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War and peace in Judaism and Islam by Cohen, Moshe

“…This article examines traditional Jewish and Islamic attitudes towards war and peace…”
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The Persistence of Religion: Comparative Perspectives on Modern Spirituality by Cox, Harvey, Ikeda, Daisaku

“… Despite the relentless pursuit of scientific advancement, in the twenty-first century we now see religious influence everywhere…”
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Reborn on the Fourth of July: The Challenge of Faith, Patriotism Conscience by Isaac, Logan M

“…For decades now, the United States has proudly claimed the mantle of "the world's only superpower" based on military might and the scope of military…”
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In God's Name: Jewish Religious and Traditional Peace and Human Rights Movements in Israel and in the Occupied Territories by Cristiana Calabrese

“…The peace-building activities of several dozens peace and human rights activists from Israeli-Jewish religious and traditional milieus has not received enough attention either from the Israeli…”
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Peace of Mind: Becoming Fully Present by Nhat Hanh, Thich

“… In Peace of Mind, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us that integrating body and mind is the only way to be fully alive in each moment, without getting lost in our thoughts while walking, cooking…”
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Be an Island: The Buddhist Practice of Inner Peace by Khema, Ayya

“…In Be an Island, the best-selling author of Being Nobody, Going Nowhere guides us along the path of Buddhist meditation with direct and practical advice,…”
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