Atone : religion, conflict, and reconciliation /

The relationship between religion and conflict has generated considerable academic and political debate. Although the majority of religions and spiritual traditions are replete with wisdom that propagates a broader unity among human beings, these same examples have been used to legitimize hatred and...

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Other Authors: Lundy, Brandon D., 1976- (Editor), Adebayo, A. G. (Akanmu Gafari), 1956- (Editor), Hayes, Sherrill (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2018]
Series:Conflict and security in the developing world.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Examining the paradoxical role of religion in conflict and reconciliation / Brandon D. Lundy, Ziaul Haque, Akanmu G. Adebayo, Sherrill W. Hayes, Aaron Clarke
  • Sources of the radical self : extremism, modernity, and religion / Daniel Cere
  • Education, religion, and religious extremism / Ratna Ghosh
  • Revisiting Muslim identity and Islamophobia in the contemporary world / Dilmurat Mahmut (Maihemuti Dilimulati)
  • The limits of law in resolving religious conflicts : perspectives from Nigeria and beyond / Abiodun Odusote
  • Transnational insurgency and counterinsurgency around the lake Chad Basin : rethinking Boko Haram / Olatunde O. Taiwo
  • Land use and religious movements : entangled spaces and impending conflict along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria / Monsuru O. Muritala
  • Islamic approach to Abrahamic traditions / Jusuf Salih
  • How mysticism can point the way to tolerance : recognizing a common ground of nonconceptual experience in Meister Eckhart and Zen / D. Clint Johnson
  • Reconciliation : examining the Charleston AME tragedy victims' forgiveness of Dylann Roof / Chux Ibekwe
  • Truth, justice, and reconciliation commission in Togo : a tool for regime maintenance or a tool for healing the wounds of the past and for peaceful democratic alternations? / Edoh Agbehonou
  • Faith-based organizations and refugee women : a case study of the assistance provided faith-based and other organizations to Liberian women refugees in Ghana / Joyce D. Acquah
  • Religious songs in conflict situations : an interrogation of selected Yorùbá coded church songs / Dolapo Z. Olupayimo
  • Halal in context : a reconciliation of Muslim foodways and animal welfare in Islam / Sherrie D. Alexander
  • Testing the coreligionist hypothesis in Sri Lanka / Joel Elliott, Joseph G. Bock
  • The role of the Catholic church in managing interstate conflict : an examination of the intervention of Pope Francis in Cuba-US relations / John B. Idamkue
  • A pope, a patriarch, a spiritual revolution / Johan Galtung
  • Searching for shalom / Albert Slomovitz
  • Framing conflict and reconciliation in the context of Zen Buddhism / Michael J. Elliston
  • Soka Nichiren Buddhism / Julian Godwin
  • Religious resources for reconciliation / Tom Pynn