Decolonizing religion and peacebuilding /

"The conversations among scholars intersecting with policy circles and networks around the topic of the global engagement with religion celebrate the plurality of religious and cultural traditions to the extent that they prove useful for the promotion of peace and development. But, if this is a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Omer, Atalia (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
Series:	Studies in strategic peacebuilding.
Subjects:	Peace-building > Religious aspects. Economic development > Religious aspects. Social justice > Religious aspects. Religion and international relations. Decolonization. Développement économique > Aspect religieux. Justice sociale > Aspect religieux. Religion et relations internationales. Décolonisation. Decolonization Economic development > Religious aspects Peace-building > Religious aspects Religion and international relations Social justice > Religious aspects Religion & beliefs. Religion. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Historical background and colonial afterlives
"Sisyphean" governance
Doing religion
Survival piety : a preferential option for the poor?
Religion and "soft" security : countermessaging and surveillance
"Religious" resiliency and "soft" security
Un-revolutionary decolonial love: the spirituality of just "getting alone"
Conclusion or does justice have anything to do with religion and the practice of peace.