{"product_id":"the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-religion-and-peace-isbn-9781119424345","title":"The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace","description":"\u003cb\u003eIncisive contributions from leading and emerging scholars in the field of Peace Studies\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn the \u003ci\u003eWiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace,\u003c\/i\u003e a team of renowned scholars delivers an authoritative and interdisciplinary sourcebook that addresses the key concepts, history, theories, models, resources, and practices in the complex and ambivalent relationship between religion and peace. The editors have included contributions from a wide range of perspectives and locations that reflect diverse methods and approaches.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e provides a collection grounded in experience and context that draws on established, developing, and new research characterized by academic rigor. The differences between the approaches taken by several religious traditions are fully explored and numerous case studies highlight relevant theories, models, and resources.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccessible as either a standalone collection or as a partner to the \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Religion and Violence,\u003c\/i\u003e this edited volume also offers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to religion and its search for peace, including the relationships between religion and peace and theories and practices for studying the interplay between religion and peace\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive explorations of religion and peace in local contexts, including discussions of women's empowerment and peacebuilding in an Islamic context\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractical discussions of practices and embodiments of religion and peace, including treatments of museums for peace and self-religion in global peace movements\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIn-depth examinations of lived Christian theologies and building peace, including discussions of Martin Luther King Jr. and spiritual activism in Scotland\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for students and scholars of peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peace building, the \u003ci\u003eWiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone professionally or personally interested in the field of Peace or Religious Studies, International Relations, History, Politics, or Theology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Religion and the Search for Peace 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction: Religion and the Search for Peace 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJolyon Mitchell and Suzanna R. Millar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 World Religions and Peace 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJolyon Mitchell, Anna S. King, Susan Hayward, Jasjit Singh, George Wilkes, Joshua Rey, and Hussam Timani\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Relationships between Religion and Peace 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIan S. Markham\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Intersectional Turn: Theories and Practices for Studying Religion and Peace 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAtalia Omer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Peacebuilding and Religion 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Paul Lederach interviewed by Jolyon Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Religion and Peace in Local Contexts 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 ‘And a Little Child Shall Lead Them’: Listening to Young People in Israel\/Palestine 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVictoria Biggs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Negotiating the Sacred and the Profane in Jerusalem 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrond Bakkevig\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Women’s Empowerment and Peacebuilding in an Islamic Context 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaryam Ahmad and James DeShaw Rae\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Grassroots Peacebuilding in Contemporary Indonesia 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSumanto Al Qurtuby\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 From Dust and Ashes: Religion and Peacebuilding in Nepal 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMark Owen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Pursuing an ‘Oppressed Peace’: Religion, Identity, and Minority Politics among Muslims in Sri Lanka 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFarah Mihlar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Religion and Peacebuilding in Nigeria 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDarren Kew and Chris M. A. Kwaja\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Reconciliation and Non-violent Transformation in South Africa: At the Interface of Theology and Secular Politics 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn W. de Gruchy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Religious Emotions and Religious Peacebuilding in Colombia 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSandra M. Rios Oyola\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge R. Wilkes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Gendering the Peace Process in Northern Ireland 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMonica McWilliams and Avila Kilmurray\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Practices and Embodiments 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Hinduism: The Culture of Peace and the Ethics of War 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnna S. King\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Cities of Sanctuary, Religion, and Justice 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelen M. Hintjens\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Religion and Museums for Peace 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClive Barrett\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 ‘Witchy’ Activism: Self-religion in Global Peace Movements 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancesca Po\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Ritual and Peacebuilding 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLisa Schirch\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Scriptural Reasoning and Peacebuilding 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeter Ochs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Contemporary Buddhist Peace Movements 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJulie Blythe and Ruth Gamble\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Mahatma Gandhi, Satyagraha, and the Politics of Non-Violence 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnna S. King\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Lived Theologies and Building Peace 307\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Theology and Peacebuilding 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamuel Wells\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 ‘Righteousness and Peace Will Kiss Each Other’: Christian Communities of Reconciliation and the Pursuit of Justice 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeah E. Robinson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Search for Peace 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDean J. Johnson\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Acts of Resistance: Fruits of Grace: Overcoming Violence Against Women 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAruna Gnanadason\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Spiritual Activism, Atomic Theology, and ‘The Bomb’ in Scotland 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlastair McIntosh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Conflict in Congregations: Power, Polity, and Peace in the Church 364\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartyn Percy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Islamophobia and Nonviolence in a ‘Christian Nation’ 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCynthia Boaz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 News Media for Just Peace? Footwashing Making Headlines 383\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChristopher Landau\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Of Gods and Men: Peacebuilding and Catholic Social Teaching 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheodora Hawksley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Just War, Just Peace 403\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Just War, Critique, and Conscientious Objection 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarc LiVecche and Nigel Biggar\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Just Peace: From Versailles to Today 417\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaryann Cusimano Love\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Religious Warrants: Virtue, Nonviolence, and Just Peace 428\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEli S. McCarthy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Can Restorative Justice Transform Structural and Cultural Violence? 438\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJason A. Springs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 The Humanitarian Conscience between War and Peace 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTobias Kelly\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Ambivalence, Diversity and the Possibility of Religious Peacebuilding 462\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScott Appleby\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Religion and Peace on a Global Stage 473\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 International Relations, Religion, and Peace 475\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJeffrey Haynes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Histories: Religious Peace Movements in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 485\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMegan Shore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Sociological Conceptualizations of Religion and Peacemaking 497\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn D. Brewer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 Geographies of Peace and Religion 509\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ. P. Singh\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Divine Intervention: Invoking God in Peace Agreements 518\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert Forster and Christine Bell\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Genocide Prevention, Religion, and Development 530\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAzza Karam\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Nationalism, Religion, and Peace 541\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJoshua Rey\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Religious Leaders and Peace 552\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNukhet Sandal\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Religion in Peacebuilding: An Emerging Force for Change 562\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMohammed Abu-Nimer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Mediation, Peacebuilding, Arts, and Religion 573\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIsabel Käser and Jolyon Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Religion and Peacebuilding in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict 589\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJolyon Mitchell\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 607\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJolyon Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor specializing in Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding and Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues (CTPI) at the University of Edinburgh, UK. A former President of TRS UK, he has also worked with Jewish, Muslim and Christian religious leaders on peacebuilding projects in Jerusalem. His recent books include Religion and War (2021) and \u003ci\u003ePeacebuilding and the Arts\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzanna R. Millar\u003c\/b\u003e is Chancellor’s Fellow in Hebrew Bible\/Old Testament at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and Assistant Director of Edinburgh’s Centre for Theology and Public Issues. Her research interests include wisdom literature in the Hebrew Bible, ecological hermeneutics and non-human animals. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eGenre and Openness in Proverbs 10:1-22:16\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesca Po\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar of religion specializing in contemporary religion and nonreligion. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors at the Metta Center for Nonviolence in Petaluma, CA, USA, and an educator of religious studies in California, USA. She previously served in the US Peace Corps as well as a high school campus minister, and is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Study of Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e (2019).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartyn Percy\u003c\/b\u003e is the 45\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Dean of Christ Church, University of Oxford, UK, where he also teaches in the Faculty of Theology and Religion and tutors at the Saïd Business School. Between 2004 and 2014 he was Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon in Oxford, one of the largest Anglican ordination training centers in the world. Author of many books, he writes on religion in contemporary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e provides an expansive and interdisciplinary view of the complex relationship between religion and peace. Reflecting diverse experience and context, this pioneering volume draws on established, developing, and new research to explore how religious ideals and visions of peace have been expressed and contested in a wide range of different traditions, movements, and practices. Fifty original chapters by leading international scholars and practitioners offer ground-breaking insights into the concepts, history, theories, resources, and practices that have shaped religion’s role in challenging violence and building peace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessible as a standalone collection or as a partner to \u003ci\u003eThe Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Religion and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for advanced students and scholars of peacemaking, peacekeeping, or peacebuilding, as well as a valuable resource for general readers with interest in areas including peace studies, conflict transformation, religious studies, ethics, theology, international relations, political science, philosophy, sociology and history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990367977701,"sku":"NP9781119424345","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119424345.jpg?v=1761787540","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-wiley-blackwell-companion-to-religion-and-peace-isbn-9781119424345","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}