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Peacemakers in action

✍ Scribed by Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding;Dubensky, Joyce S;Holbrooke, Richard C;Little, David


Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Leaves
525
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


Volume 1: profiles of religion in conflict resolution / edited by David Little ; foreword by Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke. Part. 1. Introduction -- The peacemakers in action / by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding Program on Religion and Conflict Resolution -- pt. 2. Case studies -- Peasant power : JosΓ© Inocencio Alas, El Salvador -- Men who walked the street : Father Alex Reid and the Rev. Dr. Roy Magee, Northern Ireland -- "Would you shoot me, you idiot?" : Friar Ivo Markovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina -- The cybermonk : Father Sava Janjic, Kosovo -- The elder : Ephraim Isaac, Eritrea/Ethiopia -- The power of ritual : The Rev. Dr. William O. Lowrey, Sudan -- The nonviolent deputy minister of defense : Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, South Africa -- Warriors and brothers : Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, Nigeria -- The power of organization : Alimamy Koroma, Sierra Leone -- Israel and Palestine : a history : "I am Palestinian, Arab, Christian and Israeli" : Abuna Elias Chacour ; The settler who spoke with Arafat : Rabbi Menachem Froman ; An open house : Yehezkel Landau -- Underground woman : Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning, Afghanistan -- Toward a zone of peace : The Rev. Benny Giay, West Papua, Indonesia -- pt. 3. Conclusion -- Religion, violent conflict, and peacemaking / Dr. David Little.;Volume 2: profiles in religious peacebuilding / edited by Joyce S. Dubensky, Esq. Part I. Introduction: Peacemakers in action / collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding -- Part II. Case Studies: The diplomat's daughter: pursuing peace in Syria: Hind Kabawat Syria / Marc Gopin and Thanos Gatsias -- War junkie for G-d: Andrew White Iraq / Clayton Maring -- Sisters by choice: Osnat Aram-Daphna and Najeeba Sirhan Israel / collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding -- Simple miracles: Ricardo Esquivia Ballestas Colombia / Clayton Maring and Kiersten Rooke -- Lighting a candle: Jamila Afghani Afghanistan Hyunjin / Deborah Kwak and Sana Rais -- A Bishop for his people: Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda Demographic Republic of Congo / Pamela D. Couture -- Pakistan's transformational trainer: Azhar Hussain Pakistan / Kiersten Rooke -- Updates of case studies from Volume 1 / collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding -- Part III. Conclusion: Understanding religious peacebuilding: resources for confronting violence and extremism / Joyce S. Dubensky and Clayton Maring.

✦ Table of Contents


Volume 1: profiles of religion in conflict resolution / edited by David Little
foreword by Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke. Part. 1. Introduction --
The peacemakers in action / by the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding Program on Religion and Conflict Resolution --
pt. 2. Case studies --
Peasant power : José Inocencio Alas, El Salvador --
Men who walked the street : Father Alex Reid and the Rev. Dr. Roy Magee, Northern Ireland --
"Would you shoot me, you idiot?" : Friar Ivo Markovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina --
The cybermonk : Father Sava Janjic, Kosovo --
The elder : Ephraim Isaac, Eritrea/Ethiopia --
The power of ritual : The Rev. Dr. William O. Lowrey, Sudan --
The nonviolent deputy minister of defense : Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, South Africa --
Warriors and brothers : Imam Muhammad Ashafa and Pastor James Wuye, Nigeria --
The power of organization : Alimamy Koroma, Sierra Leone --
Israel and Palestine : a history : "I am Palestinian, Arab, Christian and Israeli" : Abuna Elias Chacour
The settler who spoke with Arafat : Rabbi Menachem Froman
An open house : Yehezkel Landau --
Underground woman : Sakena Yacoobi and the Afghan Institute of Learning, Afghanistan --
Toward a zone of peace : The Rev. Benny Giay, West Papua, Indonesia --
pt. 3. Conclusion --
Religion, violent conflict, and peacemaking / Dr. David Little. Volume 2: profiles in religious peacebuilding / edited by Joyce S. Dubensky, Esq. Part I. Introduction: Peacemakers in action / collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding --
Part II. Case Studies: The diplomat's daughter: pursuing peace in Syria: Hind Kabawat Syria / Marc Gopin and Thanos Gatsias --
War junkie for G-d: Andrew White Iraq / Clayton Maring --
Sisters by choice: Osnat Aram-Daphna and Najeeba Sirhan Israel / collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding --
Simple miracles: Ricardo Esquivia Ballestas Colombia / Clayton Maring and Kiersten Rooke --
Lighting a candle: Jamila Afghani Afghanistan Hyunjin / Deborah Kwak and Sana Rais --
A Bishop for his people: Bishop Ntambo Nkulu Ntanda Demographic Republic of Congo / Pamela D. Couture --
Pakistan's transformational trainer: Azhar Hussain Pakistan / Kiersten Rooke --
Updates of case studies from Volume 1 / collectively written by staff members of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding --
Part III. Conclusion: Understanding religious peacebuilding: resources for confronting violence and extremism / Joyce S. Dubensky and Clayton Maring.

✦ Subjects


Conflict management--Religious aspects;;Case studies;Biography;Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding -- Case studies;Conflict management -- Religious aspects -- Case studies;Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding;Conflict management -- Religious aspects


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