Social Science Sociology Of Religion
Religion and Peacebuilding
- Publisher
- State University of New York Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2004
- Category
- Sociology of Religion, Religion, Politics & State, General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780791459331
- Publish Date
- Jan 2004
- List Price
- $128.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780791459348
- Publish Date
- Jan 2004
- List Price
- $48.95
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Acknowledging that religion can motivate both violence and compassion, this book looks at how a variety of world religions can and do build peace.
In the wake of September 11, 2001 religion is often seen as the motivating force behind terrorism and other acts of violence. Religion and Peacebuilding looks beyond headlines concerning violence perpetrated in the name of religion to examine how world religions have also inspired social welfare and peacemaking activism. Leading scholars from the Aboriginal, Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions provide detailed analyses of the spiritual resources for fostering peace within their respective religions. The contributors discuss the formidable obstacles to nonviolent conflict transformation found within sacred texts and living traditions. Case studies of Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Cambodia, and South Africa are also examined as practical applications of spiritual resources for peace.
About the authors
Harold Coward is a scholar of international reputation with distinguished contributions to both the University of Victoria and University of Calgary throughout his extensive career. After retiring from the University of Victoria as director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, he continues to be involved as a research fellow. He is currently a member of the Genome BC Board of Directors, where he serves as a specialist on ethics and biotechnology. In June 2002, Dr. Coward was also selected as one of the twenty-five power thinkers in British Columbia by BC Business Magazine.
Leslie S. Kawamura is an Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Calgary, Alberta. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, in Far Eastern Studies (1974). He has studied at the Kyoto University (Japan) and has taught at the Nyingma Institute (Berkeley), Institute of Buddhist Studies (Berkeley), and the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon). His publications include Mind in Buddhist Psychology (with H.V. Guenther, Dharma Press, 1975) and Golden Zephyr (Dharma Press, 1975). He was a founding member of the Honpa Buddhist Church of Alberta and the Canada-Mongolia Society.
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Silence, the Word and the Sacred
Fifty Years of Religious Studies in Canada
A Personal Retrospective
Spirituality in Hospice Palliative Care
Language in Indian Philosophy and Religion
The Perfectibility of Human Nature in Eastern and Western Thought
Readings in Eastern Religions
2nd edition
Mystics and Scholars
The Calgary Conference on Mysticism 1976
Humanities in the Present Day
Religion and Ethnicity
Religious Dimensions of Child and Family Life
Reflections on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
