Peace, Politics, and Religion

• Other Authors: Haynes, Jeffrey (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Religion & beliefs; interreligious dialogue; interreligious peacemaking; Civil War; organized violence; Sunni; Shia; sectarianism; Middle East; regional power struggle; Jonathanic theology; migrant prophets; legislation; peace and decoloniality; Boko Haram; terrorist recruitment; counterterrorism; sustainable-peace; violent extremism; Nigeria; Lake Chad Region; fundamentalism; religion and politics; secularism; political science; Islam; Catholicism; Protestantism; Israel; Zionism; difference; Derrida; literature; deconstruction; conflict prevention; faith; religion; liberal peace; peacebuilding; religious violence; technocracy; technology; Basque conflict; nationalism; Catholic Church; Holy See; transnational mediation; conflict resolution; peace; conflict; FBO; conflict analysis; development; post-genocide Rwanda; CARSA; politics; India; Congress Party; Jagjivan Ram; Ravidās; Ambedkar; Dalit studies; untouchable; temple building; peace and reconciliation; religio-political nonconformism; Zimbabwe; mainstream churches; piety; religious engagement; post-secularism; civil society; transformative approach; relational approach; duty dilemma; Humanitarian Corridors; Community of Sant'Egidio; faith-based organizations; international religious freedom; persecution; US foreign policy
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Relationships between peace, politics and religion are often controversial, and sometimes problematic. Religion is a core source of identity for billions of people around the world and it is hardly surprising that sometimes it becomes involved in conflicts. At the same time, we can see religion invo...