Interfaith Just Peacemaking

Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Perspectives on the New Paradigm of Peace and War
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-1-137-29337-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

Interfaith Just Peacemaking is a collected work by 27 Jewish, Muslim and Christian scholars and religious leaders on the ten 'practice norms' of the peacemaking paradigm called 'Just Peace.'Just Peace theory, like the paradigm it most resembles, Just War theory, is a list of specific practices that are applied to concrete contexts.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thistlethwaite, S.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: SUPPORT NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION Christian Reflection; J.Burke Jewish Reflection; P.Knobel Muslim Reflection; M.Abu-Nimer PART II: TAKE INDEPENDENT INITIATIVES TO REDUCE THREAT Christian Reflection; M.Hamsher Jewish Reflection; R.Eisen Muslim Reflection; Z.Saritoprak PART III: USE COOPERATIVE CONFLICT RESOLUTION Christian Reflection; S.Hayward Jewish Reflection; R.Firestone Muslim Reflection; Z.Alwani PART IV: ACKNOWLEDGE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONFLICT AND INJUSTICE AND SEEK REPENTANCE AND FORGIVENESS Jewish Reflection; D.Gordis Muslim Reflection; M.Shafiq Christian Reflection; S.B.Thistlethwaite PART V: ADVANCE DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERDEPENDENCE Muslim Reflection; L.Safi Jewish Reflection; B.Greenberg Christian Reflection; M.Johnson PART VI: FOSTER JUST AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Christian Reflection; P.K.Brubaker Islamic Reflection; W.El-Ansary Jewish Reflection; N.F.Kreimer PART VII: WORK WITH EMERGING COOPERATIVE FORCES IN THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM Jewish Reflection; R.Eisen Christian Reflection; M.Hamsher  & G.Stassen Muslim Reflection; Z.Rahman  & Q.Huda PART VIII: STRENGTHEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS FOR COOPERATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS Muslim Reflection; N.Syeed-Miller Jewish Reflection; R.Eisen  & A.Berkun Christian Reflection; A.S.Park  & K.Schofield PART IX: REDUCE OFFENSIVE WEAPONS AND THE WEAPONS TRADE Christian Reflection; G.Stassen Muslim Reflection; P.Anton Jewish Reflection; R.Kimelman PART X: ENCOURAGE GRASSROOTS PEACEMAKING GROUPS AND VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS Muslim Reflection; R.T.Harris Jewish Reflection; P.Knobel Christian Reflection; D.K.Friesen Conclusion Definitions of Key Terms Contributor Biographies

Über Autor(innen)

Mohammed Abu-Nimer Full Professor at American University's School of International Service in International Peace and Conflict
Zainab Alwani Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at the Howard University School of Divinity, USA
Patricia Anton accepted Islam in 1997 as a student at the Ohio State University, USA where she received her BA in International Studies
Alvin K. Berkun past International President of the Rabbinical Assembly

Pamela K. Brubaker Christian social ethicist
James B. Burke Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology, and director of the Lewis University Center for Ministry and Spirituality, USA
Robert Eisen Professor of Religion and Judaic Studies at George Washington University in Washington DC, USA
Reuven Firestone Professor of Medieval Jewish Studies at Hebrew Union College, USA and founder and co-director of the Center for Muslim-Jewish Engagement
Duane K. Friesen Edmund G. Kaufman Professor Emeritus of Bible and Religion at Bethel College (KS), and on the faculty of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Great Plains Extension, USA
Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer Director of the Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives and an Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, USA
David Gordis President Emeritus of Hebrew College, USA

Blu Greenberg active participant in the movement to bridge the gulf between Judaism and feminism
Matthew Hamsher doctoral candidate in Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary and an ordained minister in the Mennonite Church
Rabia Terri Harris serves as Muslim Elder at the Community of Living Traditions

Susan Hayward Senior Program Officer in the Religion and Peacemaking Center of Innovation at the US Institute of Peace
Qamar-ul Huda Senior Program Officer in the Religion and Peacemaking Program and a scholar of Islam at US Institute of Peace
Matthew V. Johnson, Sr. National Director of Every Church a Peace Church
Reuven Kimelman, an ordained rabbi, is Professor of Classical Rabbinic Literature at Brandeis University, USA
Peter S. Knobel has served as the spiritual leader of Beth Emet, The Free Synagogue since 1980
Andrew Sung Park Professor of Theology and Ethics at United Theological Seminary
Zeenat Rahman Deputy Director of the Center for Faith Based and Neighborhood Initiatives at USAID
Louay M. Safi Associate faculty at the Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (IUPUI) USA and a fellow of the Center for Christian-Muslim Understanding, Georgetown, and the Institute of Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU)
Zeki Saritoprak has been the Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies at John Carroll University, USA since 2003
Katherine Schofield Editorial/Conference Assistant for the Interfaith Just Peacemaking project
Muhammad Shafiq Executive Director of the Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue (CISD), and is professor of Islamic and religious studies at Nazareth College, USA
Glen H. Stassen serves as Lewis B. Smedes Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, USA
Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite Professor of Theology and former President of Chicago Theological Seminary, USA